#48C8E0#48C8E0

#48C8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8E0
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -27.32, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 35.18, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0966 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.115 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7756, 48.0639, 77.8457)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8E0 #E06048

analogous

#48E0AC #48C8E0 #487CE0

triadic

#48C8E0 #E048C8 #C8E048

tetradic

#48C8E0 #AC48E0 #E06048 #7CE048

square

#48C8E0 #AC48E0 #E06048 #7CE048

split-complementary

#48C8E0 #E0487C #E0AC48

monochromatic

#198194 #22AEC9 #48C8E0 #7CD8E9 #B1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#48C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8E0

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8E0	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e9',
    500: '#48c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8e0;
$custom-light: #8dd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8E0

secondary

#E0ADA4

accent

#563AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8E0

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

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