#48CED8#48CED8

#48CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CED8
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -32.58, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 36.12, 205.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.1058 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.114 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1331, 50.4740, 72.7379)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CED8 #D85248

analogous

#48D89A #48CED8 #4886D8

triadic

#48CED8 #D848CE #CED848

tetradic

#48CED8 #9A48D8 #D85248 #86D848

square

#48CED8 #9A48D8 #D85248 #86D848

split-complementary

#48CED8 #D84886 #D89A48

monochromatic

#1D8189 #28B1BB #48CED8 #7ADCE3 #ADE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#48CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CED8

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CED8	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde4',
    500: '#48ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ced8;
$custom-light: #8ddde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78378,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CED8

secondary

#8F3C36

accent

#4C40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CED8

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

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