#48CADA#48CADA

#48CADA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CADA
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -30.08, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 35.23, 211.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.101 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4425, 48.6766, 73.7910)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CADA #DA5848

analogous

#48DAA1 #48CADA #4881DA

triadic

#48CADA #DA48CA #CADA48

tetradic

#48CADA #A148DA #DA5848 #81DA48

square

#48CADA #A148DA #DA5848 #81DA48

split-complementary

#48CADA #DA4881 #DAA148

monochromatic

#1C7F8B #26AEBE #48CADA #7BD9E4 #AEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#48CADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CADA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CADA	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae5',
    500: '#48cada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cada;
$custom-light: #8ddae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77503,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CADA

secondary

#DDA8A1

accent

#513FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CADA

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

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