#48CDCB#48CDCB

#48CDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCB
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -35.79, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 37.06, 195.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1103 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.113 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2785, 49.3482, 64.1542)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCB #CD484A

analogous

#48CD89 #48CDCB #488DCD

triadic

#48CDCB #CB48CD #CDCB48

tetradic

#48CDCB #8948CD #CD484A #8DCD48

square

#48CDCB #8948CD #CD484A #8DCD48

split-complementary

#48CDCB #CD488D #CD8948

monochromatic

#217978 #2EA9A8 #48CDCB #78DAD9 #A8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#48CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCB

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCB	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 193.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCB

secondary

#D59C9D

accent

#474AE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCB

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

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