#48C6CC#48C6CC

#48C6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6CC
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -32.21, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 34.82, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1027 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7609, 46.1218, 64.2382)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6CC #CC4E48

analogous

#48CC90 #48C6CC #4884CC

triadic

#48C6CC #CC48C6 #C6CC48

tetradic

#48C6CC #9048CC #CC4E48 #84CC48

square

#48C6CC #9048CC #CC4E48 #84CC48

split-complementary

#48C6CC #CC4884 #CC9048

monochromatic

#217478 #2FA2A8 #48C6CC #78D5D9 #A8E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6CC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6CC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7db',
    500: '#48c6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6cc;
$custom-light: #8bd7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6CC

secondary

#D49E9C

accent

#4F48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6CC

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

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