#48C3CB#48C3CB

#48C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CB
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -31.06, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 34.09, 204.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1001 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9624, 44.7161, 63.3822)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CB #CB5048

analogous

#48CB92 #48C3CB #4882CB

triadic

#48C3CB #CB48C3 #C3CB48

tetradic

#48C3CB #9248CB #CB5048 #82CB48

square

#48C3CB #9248CB #CB5048 #82CB48

split-complementary

#48C3CB #CB4882 #CB9248

monochromatic

#227277 #2F9FA6 #48C3CB #78D3D9 #A7E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#48C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5da',
    500: '#48c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3cb;
$custom-light: #8bd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CB

secondary

#D39F9B

accent

#5249DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CB

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

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