#48CBCF#48CBCF

#48CBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBCF
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -33.73, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 35.97, 200.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.1065 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.112 198)
XYZ	xyz(35.2859, 48.5906, 66.5387)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBCF #CF4C48

analogous

#48CF90 #48CBCF #4887CF

triadic

#48CBCF #CF48CB #CBCF48

tetradic

#48CBCF #9048CF #CF4C48 #87CF48

square

#48CBCF #9048CF #CF4C48 #87CF48

split-complementary

#48CBCF #CF4887 #CF9048

monochromatic

#21797C #2DA9AD #48CBCF #78D9DC #A9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBCF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBCF	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbdd',
    500: '#48cbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbcf;
$custom-light: #8cdbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77344,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.48595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBCF

secondary

#D69F9D

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBCF

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

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