#48CCDC#48CCDC

#48CCDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCDC
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -30.46, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 35.61, 211.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.1021 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.114 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1781, 49.7266, 75.3351)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCDC #DC5848

analogous

#48DCA2 #48CCDC #4882DC

triadic

#48CCDC #DC48CC #CCDC48

tetradic

#48CCDC #A248DC #DC5848 #82DC48

square

#48CCDC #A248DC #DC5848 #82DC48

split-complementary

#48CCDC #DC4882 #DCA248

monochromatic

#1B828E #25B1C2 #48CCDC #7BDAE6 #AFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#48CCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCDC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCDC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce6',
    500: '#48ccdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccdc;
$custom-light: #8ddce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78051,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCDC

secondary

#DEA8A2

accent

#503DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCDC

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

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