#48CCE1#48CCE1

#48CCE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCE1
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 225)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -28.98, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 35.72, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.1001 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.116 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8502, 49.9954, 78.8748)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCE1 #E15D48

analogous

#48E1A9 #48CCE1 #487FE1

triadic

#48CCE1 #E148CC #CCE148

tetradic

#48CCE1 #A948E1 #E15D48 #7FE148

square

#48CCE1 #A948E1 #E15D48 #7FE148

split-complementary

#48CCE1 #E1487F #E1A948

monochromatic

#198596 #21B3CB #48CCE1 #7DDBEA #B1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#48CCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCE1

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCE1	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edcea',
    500: '#48cce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cce1;
$custom-light: #8edcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78239,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCE1

secondary

#E1ACA4

accent

#5239EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCE1

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

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