#48CED0#48CED0

#48CED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED0
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -34.86, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 36.76, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1091 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.114 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1239, 50.0703, 67.4230)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED0 #D04A48

analogous

#48D08E #48CED0 #488AD0

triadic

#48CED0 #D048CE #CED048

tetradic

#48CED0 #8E48D0 #D04A48 #8AD048

square

#48CED0 #8E48D0 #D04A48 #8AD048

split-complementary

#48CED0 #D0488A #D08E48

monochromatic

#207C7D #2DACAE #48CED0 #79DBDD #A9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#48CED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED0

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED0	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddde',
    500: '#48ced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced0;
$custom-light: #8cddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED0

secondary

#853837

accent

#4845E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED0

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

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