#48CCC3#48CCC3

#48CCC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC3
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -37.52, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 38.01, 189.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.1127 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.114 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1112, 48.4998, 59.1828)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC3 #CC4851

analogous

#48CC81 #48CCC3 #4893CC

triadic

#48CCC3 #C348CC #CCC348

tetradic

#48CCC3 #8148CC #CC4851 #93CC48

square

#48CCC3 #8148CC #CC4851 #93CC48

split-complementary

#48CCC3 #CC4893 #CC8148

monochromatic

#217872 #2FA8A0 #48CCC3 #78D9D3 #A8E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#48CCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC3

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC3	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)

#C1C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd5',
    500: '#48ccc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc3;
$custom-light: #8bdcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77181,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC3

secondary

#D49CA0

accent

#4852E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC3

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

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