#48D0E4#48D0E4

#48D0E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.118 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0E4
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -30.03, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 36.41, 214.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.1029 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.118 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2260, 52.0864, 81.3701)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0E4 #E45C48

analogous

#48E4AA #48D0E4 #4882E4

triadic

#48D0E4 #E448D0 #D0E448

tetradic

#48D0E4 #AA48E4 #E45C48 #82E448

square

#48D0E4 #AA48E4 #E45C48 #82E448

split-complementary

#48D0E4 #E44882 #E4AA48

monochromatic

#178A9B #1FB9D0 #48D0E4 #7DDEEC #B3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#48D0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0E4

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0E4	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.118 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeec',
    500: '#48d0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0e4;
$custom-light: #8fdeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79293,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0E4

secondary

#9E4032

accent

#4F37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0E4

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

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