#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
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -29.66, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 36.05, 214.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.1017 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.117 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4654, 51.0069, 79.7549)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48CEE2	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48CEE2

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

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