#48C3CC#48C3CC

#48C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CC
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -30.77, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 34.04, 205.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0997 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(33.0820, 44.7639, 64.0118)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CC #CC5148

analogous

#48CC93 #48C3CC #4881CC

triadic

#48C3CC #CC48C3 #C3CC48

tetradic

#48C3CC #9348CC #CC5148 #81CC48

square

#48C3CC #9348CC #CC5148 #81CC48

split-complementary

#48C3CC #CC4881 #CC9348

monochromatic

#217278 #2FA0A8 #48C3CC #78D3D9 #A8E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#48C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5db',
    500: '#48c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3cc;
$custom-light: #8bd5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75325,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.44768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CC

secondary

#D4A09C

accent

#5248E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CC

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

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