#48CEDB#48CEDB

#48CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEDB
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -31.71, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 36.01, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.1045 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.115 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5244, 50.6306, 74.7991)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEDB #DB5548

analogous

#48DB9F #48CEDB #4885DB

triadic

#48CEDB #DB48CE #CEDB48

tetradic

#48CEDB #9F48DB #DB5548 #85DB48

square

#48CEDB #9F48DB #DB5548 #85DB48

split-complementary

#48CEDB #DB4885 #DB9F48

monochromatic

#1C838D #26B2C0 #48CEDB #7BDCE5 #AEE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#48CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEDB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEDB	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde6',
    500: '#48cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cedb;
$custom-light: #8ddde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEDB

secondary

#923D35

accent

#4D3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEDB

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

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