#48C3CA#48C3CA

#48C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CA
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -31.35, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 34.15, 203.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1005 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8436, 44.6686, 62.7566)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CA #CA4F48

analogous

#48CA90 #48C3CA #4882CA

triadic

#48C3CA #CA48C3 #C3CA48

tetradic

#48C3CA #9048CA #CA4F48 #82CA48

square

#48C3CA #9048CA #CA4F48 #82CA48

split-complementary

#48C3CA #CA4882 #CA9048

monochromatic

#227176 #309FA5 #48C3CA #77D3D8 #A7E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#48C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5da',
    500: '#48c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3ca;
$custom-light: #8bd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CA

secondary

#D39E9B

accent

#5149DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CA

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

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