#48C3CF#48C3CF

#48C3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3CF
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -29.90, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 33.93, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0984 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4452, 44.9092, 65.9251)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3CF #CF5448

analogous

#48CF97 #48C3CF #4880CF

triadic

#48C3CF #CF48C3 #C3CF48

tetradic

#48C3CF #9748CF #CF5448 #80CF48

square

#48C3CF #9748CF #CF5448 #80CF48

split-complementary

#48C3CF #CF4880 #CF9748

monochromatic

#21747C #2DA1AD #48C3CF #78D3DC #A9E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#48C3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3CF

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3CF	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5dd',
    500: '#48c3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3cf;
$custom-light: #8bd5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3CF

secondary

#D6A29D

accent

#5446E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3CF

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

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