#48D5E2#48D5E2

#48D5E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.119 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5E2
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -33.02, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 37.32, 207.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.1086 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.119 204)
XYZ	xyz(40.1882, 54.4526, 80.3291)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5E2 #E25548

analogous

#48E2A2 #48D5E2 #4888E2

triadic

#48D5E2 #E248D5 #D5E248

tetradic

#48D5E2 #A248E2 #E25548 #88E248

square

#48D5E2 #A248E2 #E25548 #88E248

split-complementary

#48D5E2 #E24888 #E2A248

monochromatic

#188D98 #20BECC #48D5E2 #7DE1EA #B2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#48D5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5E2

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5E2	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.119 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2eb',
    500: '#48d5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5e2;
$custom-light: #8fe2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80395,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.54457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5E2

secondary

#9C3C33

accent

#4838EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5E2

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

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