#48D0E1#48D0E1

#48D0E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.117 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0E1
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 225)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -30.92, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 36.35, 211.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.1041 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.117 207)
XYZ	xyz(38.8131, 51.9213, 79.1958)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0E1 #E15948

analogous

#48E1A6 #48D0E1 #4883E1

triadic

#48D0E1 #E148D0 #D0E148

tetradic

#48D0E1 #A648E1 #E15948 #83E148

square

#48D0E1 #A648E1 #E15948 #83E148

split-complementary

#48D0E1 #E14883 #E1A648

monochromatic

#198896 #21B8CB #48D0E1 #7DDEEA #B1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#48D0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0E1

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0E1	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.117 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edeea',
    500: '#48d0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0e1;
$custom-light: #8edeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7918,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.51926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0E1

secondary

#9A3E33

accent

#4D39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0E1

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

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