#48CACE#48CACE

#48CACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CACE
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 1.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -33.54, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 35.77, 200.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1059 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(34.9287, 48.0711, 65.8184)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CACE #CE4C48

analogous

#48CE8F #48CACE #4887CE

triadic

#48CACE #CE48CA #CACE48

tetradic

#48CACE #8F48CE #CE4C48 #87CE48

square

#48CACE #8F48CE #CE4C48 #87CE48

split-complementary

#48CACE #CE4887 #CE8F48

monochromatic

#21787B #2EA7AB #48CACE #78D8DB #A9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#48CACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CACE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CACE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CACE

secondary

#D59E9D

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CACE

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

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