#48CCD8#48CCD8

#48CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCD8
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -31.63, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 35.66, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.1038 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.113 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6547, 49.5172, 72.5784)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCD8 #D85448

analogous

#48D89C #48CCD8 #4884D8

triadic

#48CCD8 #D848CC #CCD848

tetradic

#48CCD8 #9C48D8 #D85448 #84D848

square

#48CCD8 #9C48D8 #D85448 #84D848

split-complementary

#48CCD8 #D84884 #D89C48

monochromatic

#1D8089 #28AFBB #48CCD8 #7ADAE3 #ADE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#48CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCD8

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCD8	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce4',
    500: '#48ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccd8;
$custom-light: #8ddce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77904,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCD8

secondary

#DBA5A0

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCD8

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

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