#48CACC#48CACC

#48CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CACC
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -34.11, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 35.97, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1068 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.111 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6873, 47.9746, 64.5470)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CACC #CC4A48

analogous

#48CC8C #48CACC #4888CC

triadic

#48CACC #CC48CA #CACC48

tetradic

#48CACC #8C48CC #CC4A48 #88CC48

square

#48CACC #8C48CC #CC4A48 #88CC48

split-complementary

#48CACC #CC4888 #CC8C48

monochromatic

#217778 #2FA6A8 #48CACC #78D8D9 #A8E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CACC

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CACC	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdadb',
    500: '#48cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cacc;
$custom-light: #8cdadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CACC

secondary

#D49D9C

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CACC

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

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