#48C2CE#48C2CE

#48C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2CE
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -29.71, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 33.74, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0978 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.107 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1001, 44.4139, 65.2088)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2CE #CE5448

analogous

#48CE97 #48C2CE #487FCE

triadic

#48C2CE #CE48C2 #C2CE48

tetradic

#48C2CE #9748CE #CE5448 #7FCE48

square

#48C2CE #9748CE #CE5448 #7FCE48

split-complementary

#48C2CE #CE487F #CE9748

monochromatic

#21737B #2EA0AB #48C2CE #78D2DB #A9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#48C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2CE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2CE	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5dd',
    500: '#48c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ce;
$custom-light: #8bd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2CE

secondary

#D5A29D

accent

#5547E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2CE

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

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