#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
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -29.51, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 33.54, 208.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0972 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.107 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7572, 43.9218, 64.4972)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C1CD	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1CD

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

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