#48CDCA#48CDCA

#48CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCA
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -36.06, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 37.20, 194.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1107 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.114 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1597, 49.3007, 63.5287)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCA #CD484B

analogous

#48CD88 #48CDCA #488DCD

triadic

#48CDCA #CA48CD #CDCA48

tetradic

#48CDCA #8848CD #CD484B #8DCD48

square

#48CDCA #8848CD #CD484B #8DCD48

split-complementary

#48CDCA #CD488D #CD8848

monochromatic

#217977 #2EA9A7 #48CDCA #78DAD8 #A8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#48CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCA

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCA	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddda',
    500: '#48cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdca;
$custom-light: #8cddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77653,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCA

secondary

#D59C9D

accent

#474BE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCA

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

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