#48C0CA#48C0CA

#48C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0CA
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -29.90, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 33.40, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0974 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.106 203)
XYZ	xyz(32.1782, 43.3377, 62.5348)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0CA #CA5248

analogous

#48CA93 #48C0CA #487FCA

triadic

#48C0CA #CA48C0 #C0CA48

tetradic

#48C0CA #9348CA #CA5248 #7FCA48

square

#48C0CA #9348CA #CA5248 #7FCA48

split-complementary

#48C0CA #CA487F #CA9348

monochromatic

#226F76 #309CA5 #48C0CA #77D0D8 #A7E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#48C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0CA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0CA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3da',
    500: '#48c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0ca;
$custom-light: #8ad3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.43341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0CA

secondary

#D39F9B

accent

#5549DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0CA

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

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