#48CDCE#48CDCE

#48CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCE
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -34.95, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 36.67, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.109 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.113 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6394, 49.4926, 66.0553)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCE #CE4948

analogous

#48CE8C #48CDCE #488ACE

triadic

#48CDCE #CE48CD #CDCE48

tetradic

#48CDCE #8C48CE #CE4948 #8ACE48

square

#48CDCE #8C48CE #CE4948 #8ACE48

split-complementary

#48CDCE #CE488A #CE8C48

monochromatic

#217A7B #2EAAAB #48CDCE #78DADB #A9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#48CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCE

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCE	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcdc',
    500: '#48cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdce;
$custom-light: #8cdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77788,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCE

secondary

#D59D9D

accent

#4847E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCE

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

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