#48CDC3#48CDC3

#48CDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC3
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -37.98, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 38.39, 188.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1137 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.115 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3496, 48.9767, 59.2623)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC3 #CD4852

analogous

#48CD81 #48CDC3 #4895CD

triadic

#48CDC3 #C348CD #CDC348

tetradic

#48CDC3 #8148CD #CD4852 #95CD48

square

#48CDC3 #8148CD #CD4852 #95CD48

split-complementary

#48CDC3 #CD4895 #CD8148

monochromatic

#217973 #2EA9A0 #48CDC3 #78DAD3 #A8E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC3

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC3	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#C2C2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd5',
    500: '#48cdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc3;
$custom-light: #8bddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77423,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC3

secondary

#D59CA0

accent

#4753E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC3

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

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