#48C2CD#48C2CD

#48C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2CD
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -30.00, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 33.76, 207.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0982 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9790, 44.3654, 64.5711)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2CD #CD5348

analogous

#48CD95 #48C2CD #4880CD

triadic

#48C2CD #CD48C2 #C2CD48

tetradic

#48C2CD #9548CD #CD5348 #80CD48

square

#48C2CD #9548CD #CD5348 #80CD48

split-complementary

#48C2CD #CD4880 #CD9548

monochromatic

#217279 #2E9FA9 #48C2CD #78D2DA #A8E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#48C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2CD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2CD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5dc',
    500: '#48c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2cd;
$custom-light: #8bd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2CD

secondary

#D5A19C

accent

#5447E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2CD

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

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