#48C3CD#48C3CD

#48C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CD
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -30.48, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 33.99, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0992 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2023, 44.8120, 64.6455)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CD #CD5248

analogous

#48CD95 #48C3CD #4881CD

triadic

#48C3CD #CD48C3 #C3CD48

tetradic

#48C3CD #9548CD #CD5248 #81CD48

square

#48C3CD #9548CD #CD5248 #81CD48

split-complementary

#48C3CD #CD4881 #CD9548

monochromatic

#217379 #2EA0A9 #48C3CD #78D3DA #A8E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#48C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5dc',
    500: '#48c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3cd;
$custom-light: #8bd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CD

secondary

#D5A09C

accent

#5347E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CD

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

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