#48D4E2#48D4E2

#48D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4E2
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -32.54, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 37.11, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.1076 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.118 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9375, 53.9511, 80.2455)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4E2 #E25648

analogous

#48E2A3 #48D4E2 #4887E2

triadic

#48D4E2 #E248D4 #D4E248

tetradic

#48D4E2 #A348E2 #E25648 #87E248

square

#48D4E2 #A348E2 #E25648 #87E248

split-complementary

#48D4E2 #E24887 #E2A348

monochromatic

#188C98 #20BDCC #48D4E2 #7DE0EA #B2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#48D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4E2

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4E2	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#48d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4e2;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80159,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4E2

secondary

#9C3C33

accent

#4938EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4E2

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

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