#48CDE0#48CDE0

#48CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDE0
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -29.76, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 35.83, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.1015 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.116 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9526, 50.4179, 78.2380)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDE0 #E05B48

analogous

#48E0A7 #48CDE0 #4881E0

triadic

#48CDE0 #E048CD #CDE048

tetradic

#48CDE0 #A748E0 #E05B48 #81E048

square

#48CDE0 #A748E0 #E05B48 #81E048

split-complementary

#48CDE0 #E04881 #E0A748

monochromatic

#198594 #22B4C9 #48CDE0 #7CDBE9 #B1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#48CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDE0

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDE0	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edce9',
    500: '#48cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cde0;
$custom-light: #8edce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78436,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDE0

secondary

#994033

accent

#503AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDE0

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

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