#48CBCD#48CBCD

#48CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBCD
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -34.29, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 36.17, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.1074 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0430, 48.4935, 65.2591)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBCD #CD4A48

analogous

#48CD8D #48CBCD #4889CD

triadic

#48CBCD #CD48CB #CBCD48

tetradic

#48CBCD #8D48CD #CD4A48 #89CD48

square

#48CBCD #8D48CD #CD4A48 #89CD48

split-complementary

#48CBCD #CD4889 #CD8D48

monochromatic

#217879 #2EA8A9 #48CBCD #78D9DA #A8E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#48CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBCD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBCD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbdc',
    500: '#48cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbcd;
$custom-light: #8cdbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77275,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBCD

secondary

#D59D9C

accent

#4A47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBCD

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

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