#48CDC0#48CDC0

#48CDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC0
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 192)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -38.78, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 39.00, 186.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.1151 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.116 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0138, 48.8424, 57.4939)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC0 #CD4855

analogous

#48CD7D #48CDC0 #4898CD

triadic

#48CDC0 #C048CD #CDC048

tetradic

#48CDC0 #7D48CD #CD4855 #98CD48

square

#48CDC0 #7D48CD #CD4855 #98CD48

split-complementary

#48CDC0 #CD4898 #CD7D48

monochromatic

#217971 #2EA99D #48CDC0 #78DAD1 #A8E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#48CDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC0

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC0	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd3',
    500: '#48cdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc0;
$custom-light: #8bddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.135,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77327,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC0

secondary

#D59CA2

accent

#4756E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC0

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

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