#48CCCE#48CCCE

#48CCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCCE
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -34.48, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 36.37, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.108 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4010, 49.0157, 65.9758)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCCE #CE4A48

analogous

#48CE8D #48CCCE #4889CE

triadic

#48CCCE #CE48CC #CCCE48

tetradic

#48CCCE #8D48CE #CE4A48 #89CE48

square

#48CCCE #8D48CE #CE4A48 #89CE48

split-complementary

#48CCCE #CE4889 #CE8D48

monochromatic

#21797B #2EA9AB #48CCCE #78D9DB #A9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCCE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCCE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcdc',
    500: '#48ccce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccce;
$custom-light: #8cdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCCE

secondary

#D59D9D

accent

#4947E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCCE

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

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