#48CED3#48CED3

#48CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED3
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -34.01, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 36.46, 201.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1079 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.114 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4965, 50.2194, 69.3852)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED3 #D34D48

analogous

#48D392 #48CED3 #4889D3

triadic

#48CED3 #D348CE #CED348

tetradic

#48CED3 #9248D3 #D34D48 #89D348

square

#48CED3 #9248D3 #D34D48 #89D348

split-complementary

#48CED3 #D34889 #D39248

monochromatic

#1F7E81 #2BAEB3 #48CED3 #79DBDF #ABE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#48CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED3

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED3	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde0',
    500: '#48ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced3;
$custom-light: #8ddde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78201,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED3

secondary

#893A37

accent

#4943E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED3

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

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