#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
RGBrgb(72, 198, 202)
HSLhsl(182, 55%, 54%)
HSVhsv(182, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.56, -32.78, -12.22)
CIE-LCHlch(73.56, 34.98, 200.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.97% -0.1036 -0.0339)
OKLCHoklch(75.97% 0.109 198.1)
XYZxyz(33.5226, 46.0264, 62.9829)
Luminance0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C6CA1.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

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

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#48C6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva