#48C5CF#48C5CF

#48C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.109 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5CF
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -30.87, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 34.39, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1004 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.109 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8964, 45.8115, 66.0755)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5CF #CF5248

analogous

#48CF95 #48C5CF #4882CF

triadic

#48C5CF #CF48C5 #C5CF48

tetradic

#48C5CF #9548CF #CF5248 #82CF48

square

#48C5CF #9548CF #CF5248 #82CF48

split-complementary

#48C5CF #CF4882 #CF9548

monochromatic

#21757C #2DA3AD #48C5CF #78D4DC #A9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5CF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5CF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.109 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7dd',
    500: '#48c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5cf;
$custom-light: #8bd7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5CF

secondary

#D6A19D

accent

#5246E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5CF

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

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