#48D6E1#48D6E1

#48D6E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6E1
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -33.78, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 37.58, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.11 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.119 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3037, 54.9025, 79.6927)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6E1 #E15348

analogous

#48E1A0 #48D6E1 #4889E1

triadic

#48D6E1 #E148D6 #D6E148

tetradic

#48D6E1 #A048E1 #E15348 #89E148

square

#48D6E1 #A048E1 #E15348 #89E148

split-complementary

#48D6E1 #E14889 #E1A048

monochromatic

#198D96 #21BECB #48D6E1 #7DE2EA #B1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#48D6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6E1

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6E1	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3ea',
    500: '#48d6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6e1;
$custom-light: #8fe3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80595,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6E1

secondary

#9A3A33

accent

#4639EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6E1

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

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