#48C8CD#48C8CD

#48C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CD
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -32.88, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 35.29, 201.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1043 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3414, 47.0902, 65.0252)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CD #CD4D48

analogous

#48CD90 #48C8CD #4885CD

triadic

#48C8CD #CD48C8 #C8CD48

tetradic

#48C8CD #9048CD #CD4D48 #85CD48

square

#48C8CD #9048CD #CD4D48 #85CD48

split-complementary

#48C8CD #CD4885 #CD9048

monochromatic

#217679 #2EA5A9 #48C8CD #78D6DA #A8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#48C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CD

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CD	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9dc',
    500: '#48c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8cd;
$custom-light: #8cd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CD

secondary

#D59E9C

accent

#4D47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CD

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

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