#48CDCD#48CDCD

#48CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCD
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -35.23, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 36.80, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.1094 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.113 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5183, 49.4442, 65.4176)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCD #CD4848

analogous

#48CD8B #48CDCD #488BCD

triadic

#48CDCD #CD48CD #CDCD48

tetradic

#48CDCD #8B48CD #CD4848 #8BCD48

square

#48CDCD #8B48CD #CD4848 #8BCD48

split-complementary

#48CDCD #CD488B #CD8B48

monochromatic

#217979 #2EA9A9 #48CDCD #78DADA #A8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#48CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcdc',
    500: '#48cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdcd;
$custom-light: #8cdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77754,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCD

secondary

#D59C9C

accent

#4747E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCD

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

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