#48CACF#48CACF

#48CACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CACF
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -33.26, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 35.68, 201.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1055 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0506, 48.1199, 66.4602)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CACF #CF4D48

analogous

#48CF90 #48CACF #4887CF

triadic

#48CACF #CF48CA #CACF48

tetradic

#48CACF #9048CF #CF4D48 #87CF48

square

#48CACF #9048CF #CF4D48 #87CF48

split-complementary

#48CACF #CF4887 #CF9048

monochromatic

#21797C #2DA8AD #48CACF #78D8DC #A9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#48CACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CACF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CACF	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)

#BCC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdadd',
    500: '#48cacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cacf;
$custom-light: #8cdadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77105,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CACF

secondary

#D69F9D

accent

#4C46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CACF

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

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