#48C5CE#48C5CE

#48C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5CE
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -31.16, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 34.43, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1009 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7745, 45.7627, 65.4337)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5CE #CE5148

analogous

#48CE94 #48C5CE #4882CE

triadic

#48C5CE #CE48C5 #C5CE48

tetradic

#48C5CE #9448CE #CE5148 #82CE48

square

#48C5CE #9448CE #CE5148 #82CE48

split-complementary

#48C5CE #CE4882 #CE9448

monochromatic

#21757B #2EA3AB #48C5CE #78D4DB #A9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#48C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5CE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5CE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7dd',
    500: '#48c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5ce;
$custom-light: #8bd7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75875,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5CE

secondary

#D5A09D

accent

#5147E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5CE

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

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