#48CEDA#48CEDA

#48CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEDA
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -32.00, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 36.04, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1049 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3932, 50.5781, 74.1079)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEDA #DA5448

analogous

#48DA9D #48CEDA #4885DA

triadic

#48CEDA #DA48CE #CEDA48

tetradic

#48CEDA #9D48DA #DA5448 #85DA48

square

#48CEDA #9D48DA #DA5448 #85DA48

split-complementary

#48CEDA #DA4885 #DA9D48

monochromatic

#1C828B #26B2BE #48CEDA #7BDCE4 #AEE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#48CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEDA

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEDA	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde5',
    500: '#48ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceda;
$custom-light: #8ddde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEDA

secondary

#913D35

accent

#4D3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEDA

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

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