#48CBD7#48CBD7

#48CBD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD7
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 215)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -31.44, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 35.47, 207.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.1032 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.113 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2889, 48.9918, 71.8207)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD7 #D75448

analogous

#48D79C #48CBD7 #4884D7

triadic

#48CBD7 #D748CB #CBD748

tetradic

#48CBD7 #9C48D7 #D75448 #84D748

square

#48CBD7 #9C48D7 #D75448 #84D748

split-complementary

#48CBD7 #D74884 #D79C48

monochromatic

#1E7E87 #29ADB9 #48CBD7 #7AD9E2 #ACE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD7

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD7	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe3',
    500: '#48cbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd7;
$custom-light: #8ddbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7763,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD7

secondary

#DBA5A0

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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