#48CBE1#48CBE1

#48CBE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBE1
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 9.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -28.49, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 35.59, 216.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0991 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.116 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6133, 49.5216, 78.7959)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBE1 #E15E48

analogous

#48E1AA #48CBE1 #487FE1

triadic

#48CBE1 #E148CB #CBE148

tetradic

#48CBE1 #AA48E1 #E15E48 #7FE148

square

#48CBE1 #AA48E1 #E15E48 #7FE148

split-complementary

#48CBE1 #E1487F #E1AA48

monochromatic

#198496 #21B2CB #48CBE1 #7DDAEA #B1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#48CBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBE1

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBE1	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbea',
    500: '#48cbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbe1;
$custom-light: #8edbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.627,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78004,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBE1

secondary

#E1ADA4

accent

#5339EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBE1

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

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