#48C8CA#48C8CA

#48C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CA
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -33.73, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 35.58, 198.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.1056 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.11 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9827, 46.9468, 63.1363)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CA #CA4A48

analogous

#48CA8B #48C8CA #4887CA

triadic

#48C8CA #CA48C8 #C8CA48

tetradic

#48C8CA #8B48CA #CA4A48 #87CA48

square

#48C8CA #8B48CA #CA4A48 #87CA48

split-complementary

#48C8CA #CA4887 #CA8B48

monochromatic

#227476 #30A3A5 #48C8CA #77D6D8 #A7E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#48C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9da',
    500: '#48c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ca;
$custom-light: #8bd9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CA

secondary

#D39C9B

accent

#4C49DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CA

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

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