#48C1CC#48C1CC

#48C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1CC
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -29.80, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 33.57, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0976 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6369, 43.8737, 63.8635)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1CC #CC5348

analogous

#48CC95 #48C1CC #487FCC

triadic

#48C1CC #CC48C1 #C1CC48

tetradic

#48C1CC #9548CC #CC5348 #7FCC48

square

#48C1CC #9548CC #CC5348 #7FCC48

split-complementary

#48C1CC #CC487F #CC9548

monochromatic

#217178 #2F9EA8 #48C1CC #78D1D9 #A8E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#48C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1CC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1CC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4db',
    500: '#48c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1cc;
$custom-light: #8bd4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74846,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1CC

secondary

#D4A19C

accent

#5548E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1CC

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

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