#48D2E0#48D2E0

#48D2E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E0
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 224)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -32.17, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 36.74, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1064 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.117 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1678, 52.8483, 78.6430)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E0 #E05648

analogous

#48E0A2 #48D2E0 #4886E0

triadic

#48D2E0 #E048D2 #D2E048

tetradic

#48D2E0 #A248E0 #E05648 #86E048

square

#48D2E0 #A248E0 #E05648 #86E048

split-complementary

#48D2E0 #E04886 #E0A248

monochromatic

#198994 #22B9C9 #48D2E0 #7CDFE9 #B1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#48D2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E0

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E0	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0e9',
    500: '#48d2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e0;
$custom-light: #8ee0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79615,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E0

secondary

#993D33

accent

#4B3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E0

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

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