#48CBD8#48CBD8

#48CBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBD8
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -31.15, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 35.45, 208.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.1028 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4177, 49.0434, 72.4994)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBD8 #D85548

analogous

#48D89D #48CBD8 #4883D8

triadic

#48CBD8 #D848CB #CBD848

tetradic

#48CBD8 #9D48D8 #D85548 #83D848

square

#48CBD8 #9D48D8 #D85548 #83D848

split-complementary

#48CBD8 #D84883 #D89D48

monochromatic

#1D7F89 #28AEBB #48CBD8 #7AD9E3 #ADE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#48CBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBD8

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBD8	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe4',
    500: '#48cbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbd8;
$custom-light: #8ddbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77666,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBD8

secondary

#DBA6A0

accent

#4F40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBD8

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

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