#48D4E0#48D4E0

#48D4E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4E0
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 224)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -33.12, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 37.17, 206.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1084 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.118 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6646, 53.8420, 78.8087)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4E0 #E05448

analogous

#48E0A0 #48D4E0 #4888E0

triadic

#48D4E0 #E048D4 #D4E048

tetradic

#48D4E0 #A048E0 #E05448 #88E048

square

#48D4E0 #A048E0 #E05448 #88E048

split-complementary

#48D4E0 #E04888 #E0A048

monochromatic

#198B94 #22BCC9 #48D4E0 #7CE0E9 #B1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#48D4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4E0

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4E0	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e9',
    500: '#48d4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4e0;
$custom-light: #8fe1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4E0

secondary

#993B33

accent

#483AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4E0

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

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