#48C2D0#48C2D0

#48C2D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2D0
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 208)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -29.12, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 33.71, 210.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.097 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3446, 44.5117, 66.4966)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2D0 #D05648

analogous

#48D09A #48C2D0 #487ED0

triadic

#48C2D0 #D048C2 #C2D048

tetradic

#48C2D0 #9A48D0 #D05648 #7ED048

square

#48C2D0 #9A48D0 #D05648 #7ED048

split-complementary

#48C2D0 #D0487E #D09A48

monochromatic

#20747D #2DA1AE #48C2D0 #79D2DD #A9E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#48C2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2D0

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2D0	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4de',
    500: '#48c2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2d0;
$custom-light: #8bd4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75232,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2D0

secondary

#D7A39D

accent

#5645E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2D0

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

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