#48CED7#48CED7

#48CED7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED7
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 215)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -32.87, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 36.17, 204.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.1062 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.114 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0042, 50.4225, 72.0591)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED7 #D75148

analogous

#48D799 #48CED7 #4887D7

triadic

#48CED7 #D748CE #CED748

tetradic

#48CED7 #9948D7 #D75148 #87D748

square

#48CED7 #9948D7 #D75148 #87D748

split-complementary

#48CED7 #D74887 #D79948

monochromatic

#1E8087 #29B0B9 #48CED7 #7ADBE2 #ACE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#48CED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED7

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED7	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde3',
    500: '#48ced7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced7;
$custom-light: #8ddde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED7

secondary

#8D3B36

accent

#4B41E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED7

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

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