#48CBCC#48CBCC

#48CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBCC
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -34.58, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 36.28, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.1078 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.112 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9227, 48.4453, 64.6254)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBCC #CC4948

analogous

#48CC8B #48CBCC #4889CC

triadic

#48CBCC #CC48CB #CBCC48

tetradic

#48CBCC #8B48CC #CC4948 #89CC48

square

#48CBCC #8B48CC #CC4948 #89CC48

split-complementary

#48CBCC #CC4889 #CC8B48

monochromatic

#217778 #2FA7A8 #48CBCC #78D9D9 #A8E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#48CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBCC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBCC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbdb',
    500: '#48cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbcc;
$custom-light: #8cdbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBCC

secondary

#D49C9C

accent

#4948E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBCC

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

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