#48C4CE#48C4CE

#48C4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4CE
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -30.68, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 34.19, 206.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0998 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.108 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5482, 45.3101, 65.3582)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4CE #CE5248

analogous

#48CE95 #48C4CE #4881CE

triadic

#48C4CE #CE48C4 #C4CE48

tetradic

#48C4CE #9548CE #CE5248 #81CE48

square

#48C4CE #9548CE #CE5248 #81CE48

split-complementary

#48C4CE #CE4881 #CE9548

monochromatic

#21747B #2EA2AB #48C4CE #78D4DB #A9E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#48C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4CE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4CE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6dd',
    500: '#48c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4ce;
$custom-light: #8bd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4CE

secondary

#D5A19D

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4CE

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

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