#48D2E1#48D2E1

#48D2E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E1
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -31.88, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 36.72, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.106 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.118 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3038, 52.9027, 79.3594)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E1 #E15748

analogous

#48E1A3 #48D2E1 #4886E1

triadic

#48D2E1 #E148D2 #D2E148

tetradic

#48D2E1 #A348E1 #E15748 #86E148

square

#48D2E1 #A348E1 #E15748 #86E148

split-complementary

#48D2E1 #E14886 #E1A348

monochromatic

#198A96 #21BACB #48D2E1 #7DDFEA #B1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#48D2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E1

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E1	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0ea',
    500: '#48d2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e1;
$custom-light: #8ee0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79651,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E1

secondary

#9A3D33

accent

#4B39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E1

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

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