#48CACB#48CACB

#48CACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CACB
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 203)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -34.39, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 36.09, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1072 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.111 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5677, 47.9267, 63.9173)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CACB #CB4948

analogous

#48CB8B #48CACB #4889CB

triadic

#48CACB #CB48CA #CACB48

tetradic

#48CACB #8B48CB #CB4948 #89CB48

square

#48CACB #8B48CB #CB4948 #89CB48

split-complementary

#48CACB #CB4889 #CB8B48

monochromatic

#227677 #2FA6A6 #48CACB #78D8D9 #A7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#48CACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CACB

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CACB	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdada',
    500: '#48cacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cacb;
$custom-light: #8cdada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.458,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CACB

secondary

#D39C9B

accent

#4A49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CACB

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

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