#48CBCA#48CBCA

#48CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBCA
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -35.13, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 36.53, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.1087 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.112 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6843, 48.3500, 63.3702)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBCA #CB4849

analogous

#48CB89 #48CBCA #488BCB

triadic

#48CBCA #CA48CB #CBCA48

tetradic

#48CBCA #8948CB #CB4849 #8BCB48

square

#48CBCA #8948CB #CB4849 #8BCB48

split-complementary

#48CBCA #CB488B #CB8948

monochromatic

#227776 #2FA6A6 #48CBCA #78D9D8 #A7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#48CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBCA

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBCA	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbda',
    500: '#48cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbca;
$custom-light: #8cdbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.542,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77172,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBCA

secondary

#D39B9C

accent

#494ADF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBCA

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

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