#48C6CF#48C6CF

#48C6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6CF
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -31.35, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 34.63, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.1015 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1242, 46.2671, 66.1514)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6CF #CF5148

analogous

#48CF95 #48C6CF #4883CF

triadic

#48C6CF #CF48C6 #C6CF48

tetradic

#48C6CF #9548CF #CF5148 #83CF48

square

#48C6CF #9548CF #CF5148 #83CF48

split-complementary

#48C6CF #CF4883 #CF9548

monochromatic

#21767C #2DA4AD #48C6CF #78D5DC #A9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6CF

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6CF	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7dd',
    500: '#48c6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6cf;
$custom-light: #8cd7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7615,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6CF

secondary

#D6A19D

accent

#5146E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6CF

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

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