#48CAE0#48CAE0

#48CAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAE0
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -28.30, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 35.41, 216.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0985 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.115 211)
XYZ	xyz(37.2419, 48.9964, 78.0011)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAE0 #E05E48

analogous

#48E0AA #48CAE0 #487EE0

triadic

#48CAE0 #E048CA #CAE048

tetradic

#48CAE0 #AA48E0 #E05E48 #7EE048

square

#48CAE0 #AA48E0 #E05E48 #7EE048

split-complementary

#48CAE0 #E0487E #E0AA48

monochromatic

#198394 #22B1C9 #48CAE0 #7CD9E9 #B1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAE0

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAE0	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edae9',
    500: '#48cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cae0;
$custom-light: #8edae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.49001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAE0

secondary

#E0ACA4

accent

#543AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAE0

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

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