#48CBE5#48CBE5

#48CBE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBE5
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -27.29, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 35.87, 220.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0976 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.117 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1653, 49.7424, 81.7034)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBE5 #E56248

analogous

#48E5B1 #48CBE5 #487DE5

triadic

#48CBE5 #E548CB #CBE548

tetradic

#48CBE5 #B148E5 #E56248 #7DE548

square

#48CBE5 #B148E5 #E56248 #7DE548

split-complementary

#48CBE5 #E5487D #E5B148

monochromatic

#16869C #1EB4D2 #48CBE5 #7EDAED #B3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#48CBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBE5

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBE5	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbed',
    500: '#48cbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbe5;
$custom-light: #8edbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.936,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78158,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBE5

secondary

#E3B0A6

accent

#5536F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBE5

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

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