#48CCCC#48CCCC

#48CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCCC
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -35.04, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 36.60, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.1088 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.113 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1596, 48.9192, 64.7044)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCCC #CC4848

analogous

#48CC8A #48CCCC #488ACC

triadic

#48CCCC #CC48CC #CCCC48

tetradic

#48CCCC #8A48CC #CC4848 #8ACC48

square

#48CCCC #8A48CC #CC4848 #8ACC48

split-complementary

#48CCCC #CC488A #CC8A48

monochromatic

#217878 #2FA8A8 #48CCCC #78D9D9 #A8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#48CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCCC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCCC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcdb',
    500: '#48cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cccc;
$custom-light: #8cdcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7748,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCCC

secondary

#D49C9C

accent

#4848E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCCC

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

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