#48D2E4#48D2E4

#48D2E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E4
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -31.00, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 36.73, 212.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1048 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.118 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7166, 53.0678, 81.5337)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E4 #E45A48

analogous

#48E4A8 #48D2E4 #4884E4

triadic

#48D2E4 #E448D2 #D2E448

tetradic

#48D2E4 #A848E4 #E45A48 #84E448

square

#48D2E4 #A848E4 #E45A48 #84E448

split-complementary

#48D2E4 #E44884 #E4A848

monochromatic

#178C9B #1FBCD0 #48D2E4 #7DDFEC #B3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#48D2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E4

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E4	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0ec',
    500: '#48d2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e4;
$custom-light: #8fe0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79762,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E4

secondary

#9E3E32

accent

#4C37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E4

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

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