#48CEE0#48CEE0

#48CEE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEE0
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 224)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -30.25, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 36.00, 212.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.1025 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.116 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1926, 50.8978, 78.3180)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEE0 #E05A48

analogous

#48E0A6 #48CEE0 #4882E0

triadic

#48CEE0 #E048CE #CEE048

tetradic

#48CEE0 #A648E0 #E05A48 #82E048

square

#48CEE0 #A648E0 #E05A48 #82E048

split-complementary

#48CEE0 #E04882 #E0A648

monochromatic

#198694 #22B5C9 #48CEE0 #7CDCE9 #B1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#48CEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEE0

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEE0	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde9',
    500: '#48cee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cee0;
$custom-light: #8edde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.105,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78672,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEE0

secondary

#993F33

accent

#4F3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEE0

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

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