#48C0CC#48C0CC

#48C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0CC
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -29.32, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 33.35, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0966 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4165, 43.4331, 63.7900)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0CC #CC5448

analogous

#48CC96 #48C0CC #487ECC

triadic

#48C0CC #CC48C0 #C0CC48

tetradic

#48C0CC #9648CC #CC5448 #7ECC48

square

#48C0CC #9648CC #CC5448 #7ECC48

split-complementary

#48C0CC #CC487E #CC9648

monochromatic

#217078 #2F9DA8 #48C0CC #78D0D9 #A8E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#48C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0CC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0CC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3db',
    500: '#48c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0cc;
$custom-light: #8bd3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0CC

secondary

#D4A19C

accent

#5648E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0CC

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

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