#48D2E5#48D2E5

#48D2E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E5
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -30.70, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 36.74, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.1044 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.119 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8559, 53.1235, 82.2669)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E5 #E55B48

analogous

#48E5AA #48D2E5 #4884E5

triadic

#48D2E5 #E548D2 #D2E548

tetradic

#48D2E5 #AA48E5 #E55B48 #84E548

square

#48D2E5 #AA48E5 #E55B48 #84E548

split-complementary

#48D2E5 #E54884 #E5AA48

monochromatic

#168C9C #1EBCD2 #48D2E5 #7EDFED #B3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#48D2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E5

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E5	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.119 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0ed',
    500: '#48d2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e5;
$custom-light: #8fe0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.261,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.798,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E5

secondary

#A03F32

accent

#4D36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E5

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

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