#48C2DA#48C2DA

#48C2DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2DA
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 11%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -26.15, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 34.11, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0929 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.111 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6139, 45.0194, 73.1815)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2DA #DA6048

analogous

#48DAA9 #48C2DA #4879DA

triadic

#48C2DA #DA48C2 #C2DA48

tetradic

#48C2DA #A948DA #DA6048 #79DA48

square

#48C2DA #A948DA #DA6048 #79DA48

split-complementary

#48C2DA #DA4879 #DAA948

monochromatic

#1C798B #26A5BE #48C2DA #7BD3E4 #AEE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#48C2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2DA

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2DA	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e5',
    500: '#48c2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2da;
$custom-light: #8cd4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75614,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2DA

secondary

#DDABA1

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2DA

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

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