#48CEE1#48CEE1

#48CEE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEE1
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 225)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -29.95, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 36.02, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.1021 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.116 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3286, 50.9522, 79.0343)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEE1 #E15B48

analogous

#48E1A7 #48CEE1 #4881E1

triadic

#48CEE1 #E148CE #CEE148

tetradic

#48CEE1 #A748E1 #E15B48 #81E148

square

#48CEE1 #A748E1 #E15B48 #81E148

split-complementary

#48CEE1 #E14881 #E1A748

monochromatic

#198696 #21B6CB #48CEE1 #7DDCEA #B1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48CEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#48CEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEE1

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEE1	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddea',
    500: '#48cee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cee1;
$custom-light: #8eddea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEE1

secondary

#9A4033

accent

#5039EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEE1

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

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