#48C6CD#48C6CD

#48C6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6CD
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -31.92, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 34.74, 203.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.1023 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8812, 46.1699, 64.8718)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6CD #CD4F48

analogous

#48CD92 #48C6CD #4884CD

triadic

#48C6CD #CD48C6 #C6CD48

tetradic

#48C6CD #9248CD #CD4F48 #84CD48

square

#48C6CD #9248CD #CD4F48 #84CD48

split-complementary

#48C6CD #CD4884 #CD9248

monochromatic

#217579 #2EA3A9 #48C6CD #78D5DA #A8E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6CD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6CD	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)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7dc',
    500: '#48c6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6cd;
$custom-light: #8bd7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6CD

secondary

#D59F9C

accent

#5047E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6CD

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

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