#48C1CA#48C1CA

#48C1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1CA
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -30.38, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 33.64, 205.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0984 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.106 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3985, 43.7784, 62.6083)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1CA #CA5148

analogous

#48CA92 #48C1CA #4880CA

triadic

#48C1CA #CA48C1 #C1CA48

tetradic

#48C1CA #9248CA #CA5148 #80CA48

square

#48C1CA #9248CA #CA5148 #80CA48

split-complementary

#48C1CA #CA4880 #CA9248

monochromatic

#227076 #309DA5 #48C1CA #77D1D8 #A7E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#48C1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1CA

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1CA	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4da',
    500: '#48c1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1ca;
$custom-light: #8bd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1CA

secondary

#D39F9B

accent

#5449DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1CA

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

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