#48D6E2#48D6E2

#48D6E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6E2
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -33.49, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 37.54, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1096 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.119 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4405, 54.9572, 80.4132)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6E2 #E25448

analogous

#48E2A1 #48D6E2 #4889E2

triadic

#48D6E2 #E248D6 #D6E248

tetradic

#48D6E2 #A148E2 #E25448 #89E248

square

#48D6E2 #A148E2 #E25448 #89E248

split-complementary

#48D6E2 #E24889 #E2A148

monochromatic

#188E98 #20BFCC #48D6E2 #7DE2EA #B2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#48D6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6E2

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6E2	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3eb',
    500: '#48d6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6e2;
$custom-light: #8fe3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6E2

secondary

#9C3B33

accent

#4738EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6E2

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

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