#48CDE2#48CDE2

#48CDE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.116 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDE2
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -29.17, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 35.90, 215.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.1007 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.116 210)
XYZ	xyz(38.2254, 50.5270, 79.6749)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDE2 #E25D48

analogous

#48E2AA #48CDE2 #4880E2

triadic

#48CDE2 #E248CD #CDE248

tetradic

#48CDE2 #AA48E2 #E25D48 #80E248

square

#48CDE2 #AA48E2 #E25D48 #80E248

split-complementary

#48CDE2 #E24880 #E2AA48

monochromatic

#188698 #20B5CC #48CDE2 #7DDBEA #B2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#48CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDE2

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDE2	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.116 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edceb',
    500: '#48cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cde2;
$custom-light: #8edceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.50531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDE2

secondary

#9C4133

accent

#5138EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDE2

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

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