#48CADE#48CADE

#48CADE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CADE
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -28.90, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 35.32, 215.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0993 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.114 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9722, 48.8885, 76.5810)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CADE #DE5C48

analogous

#48DEA7 #48CADE #487FDE

triadic

#48CADE #DE48CA #CADE48

tetradic

#48CADE #A748DE #DE5C48 #7FDE48

square

#48CADE #A748DE #DE5C48 #7FDE48

split-complementary

#48CADE #DE487F #DEA748

monochromatic

#1A8191 #24B0C5 #48CADE #7CD9E7 #B0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#48CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CADE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CADE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae8',
    500: '#48cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cade;
$custom-light: #8ddae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77654,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CADE

secondary

#DFABA3

accent

#533CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CADE

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

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