#48CCC6#48CCC6

#48CCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC6
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -36.70, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 37.48, 191.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.1114 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.113 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4538, 48.6368, 60.9872)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC6 #CC484E

analogous

#48CC84 #48CCC6 #4890CC

triadic

#48CCC6 #C648CC #CCC648

tetradic

#48CCC6 #8448CC #CC484E #90CC48

square

#48CCC6 #8448CC #CC484E #90CC48

split-complementary

#48CCC6 #CC4890 #CC8448

monochromatic

#217874 #2FA8A2 #48CCC6 #78D9D5 #A8E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#48CCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC6

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC6	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd7',
    500: '#48ccc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc6;
$custom-light: #8bdcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC6

secondary

#D49C9E

accent

#484FE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC6

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

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