#48D2E6#48D2E6

#48D2E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.119 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E6
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -30.41, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 36.77, 214.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.104 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.119 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9959, 53.1795, 83.0043)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E6 #E65C48

analogous

#48E6AB #48D2E6 #4883E6

triadic

#48D2E6 #E648D2 #D2E648

tetradic

#48D2E6 #AB48E6 #E65C48 #83E648

square

#48D2E6 #AB48E6 #E65C48 #83E648

split-complementary

#48D2E6 #E64883 #E6AB48

monochromatic

#168D9E #1DBDD4 #48D2E6 #7EDFED #B4ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48D2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E6

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E6	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.119 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0ee',
    500: '#48d2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e6;
$custom-light: #8fe0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79837,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E6

secondary

#A13F31

accent

#4D35F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E6

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

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