#48CCC2#48CCC2

#48CCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.114 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC2
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -37.79, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 38.20, 188.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.1132 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.114 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9985, 48.4547, 58.5894)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC2 #CC4852

analogous

#48CC80 #48CCC2 #4894CC

triadic

#48CCC2 #C248CC #CCC248

tetradic

#48CCC2 #8048CC #CC4852 #94CC48

square

#48CCC2 #8048CC #CC4852 #94CC48

split-complementary

#48CCC2 #CC4894 #CC8048

monochromatic

#217872 #2FA89F #48CCC2 #78D9D2 #A8E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#48CCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC2

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC2	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)

#C1C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.114 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd4',
    500: '#48ccc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc2;
$custom-light: #8bdcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77149,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC2

secondary

#D49CA0

accent

#4854E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC2

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

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