#48CDC5#48CDC5

#48CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC5
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -37.43, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 38.02, 190.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1129 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.114 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5773, 49.0677, 60.4612)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC5 #CD4850

analogous

#48CD83 #48CDC5 #4893CD

triadic

#48CDC5 #C548CD #CDC548

tetradic

#48CDC5 #8348CD #CD4850 #93CD48

square

#48CDC5 #8348CD #CD4850 #93CD48

split-complementary

#48CDC5 #CD4893 #CD8348

monochromatic

#217974 #2EA9A2 #48CDC5 #78DAD4 #A8E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#48CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC5

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC5	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd6',
    500: '#48cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc5;
$custom-light: #8bddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.391,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77488,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC5

secondary

#D59CA0

accent

#4751E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC5

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

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