#48C1CD#48C1CD

#48C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C1CD
RGBrgb(72, 193, 205)
HSLhsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSVhsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(72.18, -29.51, -15.94)
CIE-LCHlch(72.18, 33.54, 208.37°)
OKLaboklab(74.88% -0.0972 -0.0442)
OKLCHoklch(74.88% 0.107 204.4)
XYZxyz(32.7572, 43.9218, 64.4972)
Luminance0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C1CD #CD5448
analogous
#48CD97 #48C1CD #487ECD
triadic
#48C1CD #CD48C1 #C1CD48
tetradic
#48C1CD #9748CD #CD5448 #7ECD48
square
#48C1CD #9748CD #CD5448 #7ECD48
split-complementary
#48C1CD #CD487E #CD9748
monochromatic
#217179 #2E9EA9 #48C1CD #78D1DA #A8E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#48C1CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78
#48C1CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1CD
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C1CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C1CD1.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B9CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EABCD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 204.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4dc',
    500: '#48c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c1cd;
$custom-light: #8bd4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.414,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74883,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C1CD
secondary
#D5A19C
accent
#5547E0
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

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#48C1CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva