#48DCED#48DCED

#48DCED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.124 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCED
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(186, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -33.13, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 38.53, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.1109 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.124 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5451, 58.6735, 89.1345)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCED #ED5948

analogous

#48EDAC #48DCED #4889ED

triadic

#48DCED #ED48DC #DCED48

tetradic

#48DCED #AC48ED #ED5948 #89ED48

square

#48DCED #AC48ED #ED5948 #89ED48

split-complementary

#48DCED #ED4889 #EDAC48

monochromatic

#119AAA #16CDE2 #48DCED #80E7F2 #B7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#48DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCED

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCED	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.124 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7f2',
    500: '#48dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dced;
$custom-light: #91e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.182,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8244,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCED

secondary

#AB3B2E

accent

#1D07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCED

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

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