#48C5CC#48C5CC

#48C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5CC
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -31.73, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 34.55, 203.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1017 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5331, 45.6661, 64.1622)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5CC #CC4F48

analogous

#48CC91 #48C5CC #4883CC

triadic

#48C5CC #CC48C5 #C5CC48

tetradic

#48C5CC #9148CC #CC4F48 #83CC48

square

#48C5CC #9148CC #CC4F48 #83CC48

split-complementary

#48C5CC #CC4883 #CC9148

monochromatic

#217478 #2FA2A8 #48C5CC #78D4D9 #A8E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#48C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5CC

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5CC	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7db',
    500: '#48c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5cc;
$custom-light: #8bd7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5CC

secondary

#D49F9C

accent

#5048E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5CC

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

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