#48CED5#48CED5

#48CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED5
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -33.44, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 36.30, 202.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.107 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.114 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7488, 50.3203, 70.7139)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED5 #D54F48

analogous

#48D595 #48CED5 #4887D5

triadic

#48CED5 #D548CE #CED548

tetradic

#48CED5 #9548D5 #D54F48 #87D548

square

#48CED5 #9548D5 #D54F48 #87D548

split-complementary

#48CED5 #D54887 #D59548

monochromatic

#1E7F84 #2AAFB6 #48CED5 #7ADBE0 #ACE9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#48CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED5	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde1',
    500: '#48ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced5;
$custom-light: #8ddde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.979,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED5

secondary

#8B3A36

accent

#4A42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED5

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

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