#48D2E2#48D2E2

#48D2E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.118 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E2
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -31.59, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 36.72, 210.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1056 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.118 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4406, 52.9574, 80.0799)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E2 #E25848

analogous

#48E2A5 #48D2E2 #4885E2

triadic

#48D2E2 #E248D2 #D2E248

tetradic

#48D2E2 #A548E2 #E25848 #85E248

square

#48D2E2 #A548E2 #E25848 #85E248

split-complementary

#48D2E2 #E24885 #E2A548

monochromatic

#188A98 #20BBCC #48D2E2 #7DDFEA #B2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#48D2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E2

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E2	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.118 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0eb',
    500: '#48d2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e2;
$custom-light: #8fe0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E2

secondary

#9C3E33

accent

#4B38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E2

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

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