#48CCDE#48CCDE

#48CCDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCDE
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -29.87, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 35.63, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.1013 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.115 208)
XYZ	xyz(37.4445, 49.8331, 76.7384)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCDE #DE5A48

analogous

#48DEA5 #48CCDE #4881DE

triadic

#48CCDE #DE48CC #CCDE48

tetradic

#48CCDE #A548DE #DE5A48 #81DE48

square

#48CCDE #A548DE #DE5A48 #81DE48

split-complementary

#48CCDE #DE4881 #DEA548

monochromatic

#1A8391 #24B2C5 #48CCDE #7CDAE7 #B0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#48CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCDE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCDE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edce8',
    500: '#48ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccde;
$custom-light: #8edce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78125,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.49837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCDE

secondary

#DFAAA3

accent

#513CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCDE

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

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