#48D4E3#48D4E3

#48D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4E3
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -32.25, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 37.09, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.1072 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.119 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0751, 54.0061, 80.9703)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4E3 #E35748

analogous

#48E3A4 #48D4E3 #4886E3

triadic

#48D4E3 #E348D4 #D4E348

tetradic

#48D4E3 #A448E3 #E35748 #86E348

square

#48D4E3 #A448E3 #E35748 #86E348

split-complementary

#48D4E3 #E34886 #E3A448

monochromatic

#178D99 #20BDCE #48D4E3 #7DE0EB #B2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#48D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4E3

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4E3	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#48d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4e3;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4E3

secondary

#9D3D32

accent

#4A38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4E3

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

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