#48CDCC#48CDCC

#48CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCC
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -35.51, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 36.92, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.1098 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.113 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3980, 49.3960, 64.7839)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCC #CD4849

analogous

#48CD8A #48CDCC #488CCD

triadic

#48CDCC #CC48CD #CDCC48

tetradic

#48CDCC #8A48CD #CD4849 #8CCD48

square

#48CDCC #8A48CD #CD4849 #8CCD48

split-complementary

#48CDCC #CD488C #CD8A48

monochromatic

#217979 #2EA9A9 #48CDCC #78DAD9 #A8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#48CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdddb',
    500: '#48cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdcc;
$custom-light: #8cdddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.549,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7772,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCC

secondary

#D59C9D

accent

#4749E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCC

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

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