#48CCC9#48CCC9

#48CCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC9
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -35.88, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 37.01, 194.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.1101 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.113 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8032, 48.7766, 62.8276)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC9 #CC484B

analogous

#48CC87 #48CCC9 #488DCC

triadic

#48CCC9 #C948CC #CCC948

tetradic

#48CCC9 #8748CC #CC484B #8DCC48

square

#48CCC9 #8748CC #CC484B #8DCC48

split-complementary

#48CCC9 #CC488D #CC8748

monochromatic

#217876 #2FA8A5 #48CCC9 #78D9D7 #A8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#48CCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC9

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC9	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcd9',
    500: '#48ccc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc9;
$custom-light: #8cdcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC9

secondary

#D49C9D

accent

#484CE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC9

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

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