#48CCC5#48CCC5

#48CCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC5
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -36.98, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 37.65, 190.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.1118 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.114 190)
XYZ	xyz(34.3388, 48.5909, 60.3817)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC5 #CC484F

analogous

#48CC83 #48CCC5 #4891CC

triadic

#48CCC5 #C548CC #CCC548

tetradic

#48CCC5 #8348CC #CC484F #91CC48

square

#48CCC5 #8348CC #CC484F #91CC48

split-complementary

#48CCC5 #CC4891 #CC8348

monochromatic

#217874 #2FA8A2 #48CCC5 #78D9D4 #A8E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC5

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC5	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)

#C1C2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd6',
    500: '#48ccc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc5;
$custom-light: #8bdcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.48595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC5

secondary

#D49C9F

accent

#4850E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC5

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

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