#48C6CB#48C6CB

#48C6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6CB
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -32.50, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 34.90, 201.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1031 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6413, 46.0740, 63.6085)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6CB #CB4D48

analogous

#48CB8F #48C6CB #4885CB

triadic

#48C6CB #CB48C6 #C6CB48

tetradic

#48C6CB #8F48CB #CB4D48 #85CB48

square

#48C6CB #8F48CB #CB4D48 #85CB48

split-complementary

#48C6CB #CB4885 #CB8F48

monochromatic

#227477 #2FA2A6 #48C6CB #78D5D9 #A7E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#48C6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6CB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6CB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7da',
    500: '#48c6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6cb;
$custom-light: #8bd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6CB

secondary

#D39E9B

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6CB

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

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