#48C6CA#48C6CA

#48C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6CA
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -32.78, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 34.98, 200.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1036 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5226, 46.0264, 62.9829)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6CA #CA4C48

analogous

#48CA8D #48C6CA #4885CA

triadic

#48C6CA #CA48C6 #C6CA48

tetradic

#48C6CA #8D48CA #CA4C48 #85CA48

square

#48C6CA #8D48CA #CA4C48 #85CA48

split-complementary

#48C6CA #CA4885 #CA8D48

monochromatic

#227376 #30A1A5 #48C6CA #77D5D8 #A7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#48C6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6CA

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6CA	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7da',
    500: '#48c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6ca;
$custom-light: #8bd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75972,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6CA

secondary

#D39D9B

accent

#4E49DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6CA

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

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