#48C5CD#48C5CD

#48C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5CD
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -31.45, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 34.49, 204.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1013 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.109 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6534, 45.7143, 64.7959)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5CD #CD5048

analogous

#48CD93 #48C5CD #4883CD

triadic

#48C5CD #CD48C5 #C5CD48

tetradic

#48C5CD #9348CD #CD5048 #83CD48

square

#48C5CD #9348CD #CD5048 #83CD48

split-complementary

#48C5CD #CD4883 #CD9348

monochromatic

#217479 #2EA2A9 #48C5CD #78D4DA #A8E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#48C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5CD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5CD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7dc',
    500: '#48c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5cd;
$custom-light: #8bd7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5CD

secondary

#D5A09C

accent

#5147E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5CD

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

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