#48CFE0#48CFE0

#48CFE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFE0
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 224)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -30.73, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 36.17, 211.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.1035 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.116 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4341, 51.3808, 78.3985)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFE0 #E05948

analogous

#48E0A5 #48CFE0 #4883E0

triadic

#48CFE0 #E048CF #CFE048

tetradic

#48CFE0 #A548E0 #E05948 #83E048

square

#48CFE0 #A548E0 #E05948 #83E048

split-complementary

#48CFE0 #E04883 #E0A548

monochromatic

#198794 #22B6C9 #48CFE0 #7CDDE9 #B1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48CFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#48CFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFE0

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFE0	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee9',
    500: '#48cfe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfe0;
$custom-light: #8edee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.711,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78907,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFE0

secondary

#993F33

accent

#4E3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFE0

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

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