#48CCC4#48CCC4

#48CCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC4
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -37.25, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 37.82, 190.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.1123 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.114 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2246, 48.5452, 59.7803)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC4 #CC4850

analogous

#48CC82 #48CCC4 #4892CC

triadic

#48CCC4 #C448CC #CCC448

tetradic

#48CCC4 #8248CC #CC4850 #92CC48

square

#48CCC4 #8248CC #CC4850 #92CC48

split-complementary

#48CCC4 #CC4892 #CC8248

monochromatic

#217873 #2FA8A1 #48CCC4 #78D9D3 #A8E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#48CCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC4

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC4	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd5',
    500: '#48ccc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc4;
$custom-light: #8bdcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77214,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC4

secondary

#D49C9F

accent

#4851E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC4

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

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