#48CED2#48CED2

#48CED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED2
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 210)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -34.29, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 36.55, 200.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.1083 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.114 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3715, 50.1694, 68.7271)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED2 #D24C48

analogous

#48D291 #48CED2 #4889D2

triadic

#48CED2 #D248CE #CED248

tetradic

#48CED2 #9148D2 #D24C48 #89D248

square

#48CED2 #9148D2 #D24C48 #89D248

split-complementary

#48CED2 #D24889 #D29148

monochromatic

#207D80 #2CADB1 #48CED2 #79DBDE #AAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#48CED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED2

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED2	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddddf',
    500: '#48ced2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced2;
$custom-light: #8ddddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78166,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED2

secondary

#873937

accent

#4944E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED2

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

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