#48D0E5#48D0E5

#48D0E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.118 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0E5
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -29.74, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 36.44, 215.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1025 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.118 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3652, 52.1421, 82.1033)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0E5 #E55D48

analogous

#48E5AB #48D0E5 #4882E5

triadic

#48D0E5 #E548D0 #D0E548

tetradic

#48D0E5 #AB48E5 #E55D48 #82E548

square

#48D0E5 #AB48E5 #E55D48 #82E548

split-complementary

#48D0E5 #E54882 #E5AB48

monochromatic

#168A9C #1EBAD2 #48D0E5 #7EDEED #B3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#48D0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0E5

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0E5	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.118 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeed',
    500: '#48d0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0e5;
$custom-light: #8fdeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.025,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7933,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0E5

secondary

#A04032

accent

#4F36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0E5

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

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