#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
RGBrgb(72, 194, 208)
HSLhsl(186, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(186, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.57, -29.12, -16.98)
CIE-LCHlch(72.57, 33.71, 210.24°)
OKLaboklab(75.23% -0.097 -0.0471)
OKLCHoklch(75.23% 0.108 205.9)
XYZxyz(33.3446, 44.5117, 66.4966)
Luminance0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C2D01.002.129.909.90
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9021.001.001.00
##0000009.9021.001.001.00

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

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#48C2D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva