#48D0DE#48D0DE

#48D0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D0DE
RGBrgb(72, 208, 222)
HSLhsl(186, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(186, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.14, -31.80, -17.65)
CIE-LCHlch(77.14, 36.37, 209.04°)
OKLaboklab(79.07% -0.1053 -0.049)
OKLCHoklch(79.07% 0.116 205)
XYZxyz(38.4075, 51.7590, 77.0594)
Luminance0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D0DE #DE5648
analogous
#48DEA1 #48D0DE #4885DE
triadic
#48D0DE #DE48D0 #D0DE48
tetradic
#48D0DE #A148DE #DE5648 #85DE48
square
#48D0DE #A148DE #DE5648 #85DE48
split-complementary
#48D0DE #DE4885 #DEA148
monochromatic
#1A8691 #24B6C5 #48D0DE #7CDDE7 #B0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#48D0DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35
#48D0DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DE
11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D0DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D0DE1.001.8511.3511.35
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3521.001.001.00
##00000011.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0C8DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAB8DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 205.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee8',
    500: '#48d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d0de;
$custom-light: #8edee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.51763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D0DE
secondary
#963D34
accent
#4C3CEC
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DE

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

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#48D0DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva