#48D2E9#48D2E9

#48D2E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.120 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2E9
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -29.52, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 36.89, 216.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1028 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.12 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4208, 53.3495, 85.2422)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2E9 #E95F48

analogous

#48E9AF #48D2E9 #4882E9

triadic

#48D2E9 #E948D2 #D2E948

tetradic

#48D2E9 #AF48E9 #E95F48 #82E948

square

#48D2E9 #AF48E9 #E95F48 #82E948

split-complementary

#48D2E9 #E94882 #E9AF48

monochromatic

#148FA3 #1ABEDA #48D2E9 #7FDFF0 #B5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2E9

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2E9	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.120 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0f0',
    500: '#48d2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2e9;
$custom-light: #8fe0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79951,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2E9

secondary

#A54130

accent

#4F33F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2E9

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

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