#48CAE1#48CAE1

#48CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAE1
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -28.00, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 35.47, 217.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0981 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.115 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3779, 49.0508, 78.7174)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAE1 #E15F48

analogous

#48E1AC #48CAE1 #487DE1

triadic

#48CAE1 #E148CA #CAE148

tetradic

#48CAE1 #AC48E1 #E15F48 #7DE148

square

#48CAE1 #AC48E1 #E15F48 #7DE148

split-complementary

#48CAE1 #E1487D #E1AC48

monochromatic

#198396 #21B1CB #48CAE1 #7DD9EA #B1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#48CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAE1

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAE1	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaea',
    500: '#48cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cae1;
$custom-light: #8edaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAE1

secondary

#E1ADA4

accent

#5439EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAE1

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

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