#48C4CC#48C4CC

#48C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4CC
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -31.25, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 34.29, 204.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1007 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3068, 45.2135, 64.0868)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4CC #CC5048

analogous

#48CC92 #48C4CC #4882CC

triadic

#48C4CC #CC48C4 #C4CC48

tetradic

#48C4CC #9248CC #CC5048 #82CC48

square

#48C4CC #9248CC #CC5048 #82CC48

split-complementary

#48C4CC #CC4882 #CC9248

monochromatic

#217378 #2FA1A8 #48C4CC #78D3D9 #A8E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#48C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4CC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4CC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6db',
    500: '#48c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4cc;
$custom-light: #8bd6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4CC

secondary

#D49F9C

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4CC

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

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