#48C2CA#48C2CA

#48C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2CA
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -30.87, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 33.89, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0995 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6203, 44.2220, 62.6822)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2CA #CA5048

analogous

#48CA91 #48C2CA #4881CA

triadic

#48C2CA #CA48C2 #C2CA48

tetradic

#48C2CA #9148CA #CA5048 #81CA48

square

#48C2CA #9148CA #CA5048 #81CA48

split-complementary

#48C2CA #CA4881 #CA9148

monochromatic

#227076 #309EA5 #48C2CA #77D2D8 #A7E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#48C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2CA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2CA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5da',
    500: '#48c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ca;
$custom-light: #8bd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2CA

secondary

#D39F9B

accent

#5349DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2CA

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

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