#48CDC8#48CDC8

#48CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC8
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -36.62, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 37.51, 192.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1115 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.114 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9244, 49.2066, 62.2896)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC8 #CD484D

analogous

#48CD85 #48CDC8 #4890CD

triadic

#48CDC8 #C848CD #CDC848

tetradic

#48CDC8 #8548CD #CD484D #90CD48

square

#48CDC8 #8548CD #CD484D #90CD48

split-complementary

#48CDC8 #CD4890 #CD8548

monochromatic

#217976 #2EA9A5 #48CDC8 #78DAD6 #A8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#48CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC8

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC8	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd8',
    500: '#48cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc8;
$custom-light: #8cddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC8

secondary

#D59C9E

accent

#474DE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC8

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

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