#48CCE4#48CCE4

#48CCE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCE4
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -28.08, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 35.89, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0989 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.117 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2630, 50.1605, 81.0491)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCE4 #E46048

analogous

#48E4AE #48CCE4 #487EE4

triadic

#48CCE4 #E448CC #CCE448

tetradic

#48CCE4 #AE48E4 #E46048 #7EE448

square

#48CCE4 #AE48E4 #E46048 #7EE448

split-complementary

#48CCE4 #E4487E #E4AE48

monochromatic

#17869B #1FB5D0 #48CCE4 #7DDBEC #B3EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#48CCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCE4

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCE4	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edcec',
    500: '#48cce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cce4;
$custom-light: #8edcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78354,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCE4

secondary

#9E4332

accent

#5337F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCE4

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

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