#48CED6#48CED6

#48CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED6
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -33.16, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 36.23, 203.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.1066 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.114 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8761, 50.3712, 71.3844)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED6 #D65048

analogous

#48D697 #48CED6 #4887D6

triadic

#48CED6 #D648CE #CED648

tetradic

#48CED6 #9748D6 #D65048 #87D648

square

#48CED6 #9748D6 #D65048 #87D648

split-complementary

#48CED6 #D64887 #D69748

monochromatic

#1E8086 #29B0B8 #48CED6 #7ADBE1 #ACE9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#48CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#48CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED6	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde2',
    500: '#48ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced6;
$custom-light: #8ddde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.38,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED6

secondary

#8C3B36

accent

#4B41E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED6

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

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