#48CED4#48CED4

#48CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED4
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -33.73, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 36.38, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.1074 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.114 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6222, 50.2697, 70.0475)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED4 #D44E48

analogous

#48D494 #48CED4 #4888D4

triadic

#48CED4 #D448CE #CED448

tetradic

#48CED4 #9448D4 #D44E48 #88D448

square

#48CED4 #9448D4 #D44E48 #88D448

split-complementary

#48CED4 #D44888 #D49448

monochromatic

#1F7F83 #2AAEB4 #48CED4 #7ADBE0 #ABE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#48CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED4

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED4	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde1',
    500: '#48ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced4;
$custom-light: #8ddde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78236,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED4

secondary

#8A3A36

accent

#4A43E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED4

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

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