#48CDE1#48CDE1

#48CDE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.116 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDE1
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -29.47, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 35.86, 214.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1011 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.116 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0886, 50.4723, 78.9543)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDE1 #E15C48

analogous

#48E1A8 #48CDE1 #4880E1

triadic

#48CDE1 #E148CD #CDE148

tetradic

#48CDE1 #A848E1 #E15C48 #80E148

square

#48CDE1 #A848E1 #E15C48 #80E148

split-complementary

#48CDE1 #E14880 #E1A848

monochromatic

#198696 #21B4CB #48CDE1 #7DDBEA #B1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#48CDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDE1

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDE1	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.116 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edcea',
    500: '#48cde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cde1;
$custom-light: #8edcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.843,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDE1

secondary

#9A4033

accent

#5139EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDE1

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

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