#48CED1#48CED1

#48CED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED1
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -34.58, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 36.65, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.1087 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.114 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2473, 50.1197, 68.0730)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED1 #D14B48

analogous

#48D190 #48CED1 #4889D1

triadic

#48CED1 #D148CE #CED148

tetradic

#48CED1 #9048D1 #D14B48 #89D148

square

#48CED1 #9048D1 #D14B48 #89D148

split-complementary

#48CED1 #D14889 #D19048

monochromatic

#207D7F #2CADB0 #48CED1 #79DBDD #AAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#48CED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED1

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED1	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddddf',
    500: '#48ced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced1;
$custom-light: #8ddddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED1

secondary

#863937

accent

#4845E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED1

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

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