#48C2CC#48C2CC

#48C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2CC
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -30.29, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 33.80, 206.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0986 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8587, 44.3173, 63.9374)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2CC #CC5248

analogous

#48CC94 #48C2CC #4880CC

triadic

#48C2CC #CC48C2 #C2CC48

tetradic

#48C2CC #9448CC #CC5248 #80CC48

square

#48C2CC #9448CC #CC5248 #80CC48

split-complementary

#48C2CC #CC4880 #CC9448

monochromatic

#217278 #2F9FA8 #48C2CC #78D2D9 #A8E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#48C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2CC

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2CC	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5db',
    500: '#48c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2cc;
$custom-light: #8bd5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2CC

secondary

#D4A09C

accent

#5448E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2CC

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

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