#48C1CB#48C1CB

#48C1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1CB
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -30.09, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 33.60, 206.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.098 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5173, 43.8259, 63.2338)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1CB #CB5248

analogous

#48CB94 #48C1CB #4880CB

triadic

#48C1CB #CB48C1 #C1CB48

tetradic

#48C1CB #9448CB #CB5248 #80CB48

square

#48C1CB #9448CB #CB5248 #80CB48

split-complementary

#48C1CB #CB4880 #CB9448

monochromatic

#227077 #2F9DA6 #48C1CB #78D1D9 #A7E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#48C1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1CB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1CB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4da',
    500: '#48c1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1cb;
$custom-light: #8bd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1CB

secondary

#D3A09B

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1CB

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

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