#48D2E8#48D2E8

#48D2E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E8
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -29.81, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 36.84, 215.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1032 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.119 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2784, 53.2925, 84.4920)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E8 #E85E48

analogous

#48E8AE #48D2E8 #4882E8

triadic

#48D2E8 #E848D2 #D2E848

tetradic

#48D2E8 #AE48E8 #E85E48 #82E848

square

#48D2E8 #AE48E8 #E85E48 #82E848

split-complementary

#48D2E8 #E84882 #E8AE48

monochromatic

#148EA1 #1BBED8 #48D2E8 #7EDFEF #B5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#48D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E8

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E8	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0ef',
    500: '#48d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e8;
$custom-light: #8fe0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E8

secondary

#A44030

accent

#4E34F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E8

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

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