#48CBDE#48CBDE

#48CBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.115 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBDE
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -29.38, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 35.47, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.1003 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.115 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2076, 49.3593, 76.6594)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBDE #DE5B48

analogous

#48DEA6 #48CBDE #4880DE

triadic

#48CBDE #DE48CB #CBDE48

tetradic

#48CBDE #A648DE #DE5B48 #80DE48

square

#48CBDE #A648DE #DE5B48 #80DE48

split-complementary

#48CBDE #DE4880 #DEA648

monochromatic

#1A8291 #24B1C5 #48CBDE #7CDAE7 #B0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#48CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBDE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBDE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.115 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe8',
    500: '#48cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbde;
$custom-light: #8ddbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7789,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBDE

secondary

#DFAAA3

accent

#523CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBDE

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

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