#48CBDA#48CBDA

#48CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBDA
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -30.56, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 35.42, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.1019 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.113 206)
XYZ	xyz(36.6779, 49.1474, 73.8695)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBDA #DA5748

analogous

#48DAA0 #48CBDA #4882DA

triadic

#48CBDA #DA48CB #CBDA48

tetradic

#48CBDA #A048DA #DA5748 #82DA48

square

#48CBDA #A048DA #DA5748 #82DA48

split-complementary

#48CBDA #DA4882 #DAA048

monochromatic

#1C808B #26AFBE #48CBDA #7BD9E4 #AEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#48CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBDA

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBDA	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe5',
    500: '#48cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbda;
$custom-light: #8ddbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7774,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.49152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBDA

secondary

#DDA7A1

accent

#503FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBDA

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

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