#48C3CE#48C3CE

#48C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CE
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -30.19, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 33.96, 207.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0988 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3234, 44.8605, 65.2833)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CE #CE5348

analogous

#48CE96 #48C3CE #4880CE

triadic

#48C3CE #CE48C3 #C3CE48

tetradic

#48C3CE #9648CE #CE5348 #80CE48

square

#48C3CE #9648CE #CE5348 #80CE48

split-complementary

#48C3CE #CE4880 #CE9648

monochromatic

#21737B #2EA1AB #48C3CE #78D3DB #A9E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#48C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5dd',
    500: '#48c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3ce;
$custom-light: #8bd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75397,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CE

secondary

#D5A19D

accent

#5347E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CE

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

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