#48CEE4#48CEE4

#48CEE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.117 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEE4
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -29.06, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 36.13, 216.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1009 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.117 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7414, 51.1173, 81.2086)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEE4 #E45E48

analogous

#48E4AC #48CEE4 #4880E4

triadic

#48CEE4 #E448CE #CEE448

tetradic

#48CEE4 #AC48E4 #E45E48 #80E448

square

#48CEE4 #AC48E4 #E45E48 #80E448

split-complementary

#48CEE4 #E44880 #E4AC48

monochromatic

#17889B #1FB7D0 #48CEE4 #7DDCEC #B3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48CEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#48CEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEE4

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEE4	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.117 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddec',
    500: '#48cee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cee4;
$custom-light: #8eddec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.462,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEE4

secondary

#9E4132

accent

#5137F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEE4

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

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