#48C8CE#48C8CE

#48C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CE
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -32.59, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 35.21, 202.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1039 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4625, 47.1387, 65.6630)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CE #CE4E48

analogous

#48CE91 #48C8CE #4885CE

triadic

#48C8CE #CE48C8 #C8CE48

tetradic

#48C8CE #9148CE #CE4E48 #85CE48

square

#48C8CE #9148CE #CE4E48 #85CE48

split-complementary

#48C8CE #CE4885 #CE9148

monochromatic

#21777B #2EA5AB #48C8CE #78D7DB #A9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#48C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9dc',
    500: '#48c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ce;
$custom-light: #8cd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CE

secondary

#D59F9D

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CE

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

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