#48CADD#48CADD

#48CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CADD
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -29.19, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 35.28, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0997 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.114 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8386, 48.8351, 75.8772)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CADD #DD5B48

analogous

#48DDA6 #48CADD #487FDD

triadic

#48CADD #DD48CA #CADD48

tetradic

#48CADD #A648DD #DD5B48 #7FDD48

square

#48CADD #A648DD #DD5B48 #7FDD48

split-complementary

#48CADD #DD487F #DDA648

monochromatic

#1B8190 #24AFC3 #48CADD #7CD9E7 #AFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#48CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CADD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CADD	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae7',
    500: '#48cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cadd;
$custom-light: #8ddae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77616,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CADD

secondary

#DEAAA2

accent

#533CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CADD

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

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