#48CDC9#48CDC9

#48CDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDC9
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -36.34, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 37.35, 193.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1111 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.114 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0417, 49.2535, 62.9071)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDC9 #CD484C

analogous

#48CD86 #48CDC9 #488FCD

triadic

#48CDC9 #C948CD #CDC948

tetradic

#48CDC9 #8648CD #CD484C #8FCD48

square

#48CDC9 #8648CD #CD484C #8FCD48

split-complementary

#48CDC9 #CD488F #CD8648

monochromatic

#217977 #2EA9A6 #48CDC9 #78DAD7 #A8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#48CDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDC9

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDC9	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd9',
    500: '#48cdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdc9;
$custom-light: #8cddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77619,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDC9

secondary

#D59C9E

accent

#474CE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDC9

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

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