#48CCE0#48CCE0

#48CCE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.115 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCE0
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -29.28, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 35.68, 214.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1005 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.115 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7142, 49.9410, 78.1585)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCE0 #E05C48

analogous

#48E0A8 #48CCE0 #4880E0

triadic

#48CCE0 #E048CC #CCE048

tetradic

#48CCE0 #A848E0 #E05C48 #80E048

square

#48CCE0 #A848E0 #E05C48 #80E048

split-complementary

#48CCE0 #E04880 #E0A848

monochromatic

#198494 #22B3C9 #48CCE0 #7CDBE9 #B1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#48CCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCE0

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCE0	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.115 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edce9',
    500: '#48cce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cce0;
$custom-light: #8edce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78201,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCE0

secondary

#E0ACA4

accent

#523AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCE0

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

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