#48CEE2#48CEE2

#48CEE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.117 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CEE2
RGBrgb(72, 206, 226)
HSLhsl(188, 73%, 58%)
HSVhsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.68, -29.66, -20.49)
CIE-LCHlch(76.68, 36.05, 214.64°)
OKLaboklab(78.75% -0.1017 -0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(78.75% 0.117 209.2)
XYZxyz(38.4654, 51.0069, 79.7549)
Luminance0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CEE2 #E25C48
analogous
#48E2A9 #48CEE2 #4881E2
triadic
#48CEE2 #E248CE #CEE248
tetradic
#48CEE2 #A948E2 #E25C48 #81E248
square
#48CEE2 #A948E2 #E25C48 #81E248
split-complementary
#48CEE2 #E24881 #E2A948
monochromatic
#188798 #20B6CC #48CEE2 #7DDCEA #B2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#48CEE2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20
#48CEE2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEE2
11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CEE2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CEE21.001.8711.2011.20
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2021.001.001.00
##00000011.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCC7E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6B6E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.117 209.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddeb',
    500: '#48cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cee2;
$custom-light: #8eddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.792,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CEE2
secondary
#9C4033
accent
#5038EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48CEE2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva