#48D4E1#48D4E1

#48D4E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4E1
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -32.83, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 37.13, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.108 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.118 204)
XYZ	xyz(39.8007, 53.8964, 79.5250)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4E1 #E15548

analogous

#48E1A1 #48D4E1 #4887E1

triadic

#48D4E1 #E148D4 #D4E148

tetradic

#48D4E1 #A148E1 #E15548 #87E148

square

#48D4E1 #A148E1 #E15548 #87E148

split-complementary

#48D4E1 #E14887 #E1A148

monochromatic

#198B96 #21BCCB #48D4E1 #7DE0EA #B1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#48D4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4E1

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4E1	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ea',
    500: '#48d4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4e1;
$custom-light: #8fe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80123,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4E1

secondary

#9A3C33

accent

#4939EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4E1

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

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