#48C9CD#48C9CD

#48C9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9CD
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -33.35, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 35.58, 200.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1053 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.111 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5737, 47.5549, 65.1027)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9CD #CD4C48

analogous

#48CD8F #48C9CD #4886CD

triadic

#48C9CD #CD48C9 #C9CD48

tetradic

#48C9CD #8F48CD #CD4C48 #86CD48

square

#48C9CD #8F48CD #CD4C48 #86CD48

split-complementary

#48C9CD #CD4886 #CD8F48

monochromatic

#217779 #2EA6A9 #48C9CD #78D7DA #A8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48C9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#48C9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9CD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9CD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdadc',
    500: '#48c9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9cd;
$custom-light: #8cdadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.805,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76796,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9CD

secondary

#D59E9C

accent

#4C47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9CD

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

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