#48CDC2#48CDC2

#48CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC2
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -38.24, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 38.59, 187.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.1142 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.115 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 48.9316, 58.6689)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC2 #CD4853

analogous

#48CD80 #48CDC2 #4895CD

triadic

#48CDC2 #C248CD #CDC248

tetradic

#48CDC2 #8048CD #CD4853 #95CD48

square

#48CDC2 #8048CD #CD4853 #95CD48

split-complementary

#48CDC2 #CD4895 #CD8048

monochromatic

#217972 #2EA99F #48CDC2 #78DAD2 #A8E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#48CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC2

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC2	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd4',
    500: '#48cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc2;
$custom-light: #8bddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.038,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC2

secondary

#D59CA1

accent

#4754E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC2

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

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