#48CAC8#48CAC8

#48CAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAC8
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -35.22, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 36.47, 195.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1085 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.112 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2137, 47.7851, 62.0527)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAC8 #CA484A

analogous

#48CA87 #48CAC8 #488BCA

triadic

#48CAC8 #C848CA #CAC848

tetradic

#48CAC8 #8748CA #CA484A #8BCA48

square

#48CAC8 #8748CA #CA484A #8BCA48

split-complementary

#48CAC8 #CA488B #CA8748

monochromatic

#227674 #30A5A3 #48CAC8 #77D8D6 #A7E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#48CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAC8

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAC8	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad8',
    500: '#48cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cac8;
$custom-light: #8bdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAC8

secondary

#D39B9C

accent

#494CDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAC8

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

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