#48CDCF#48CDCF

#48CDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDCF
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -34.67, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 36.56, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.1085 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7613, 49.5413, 66.6971)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDCF #CF4A48

analogous

#48CF8E #48CDCF #488ACF

triadic

#48CDCF #CF48CD #CDCF48

tetradic

#48CDCF #8E48CF #CF4A48 #8ACF48

square

#48CDCF #8E48CF #CF4A48 #8ACF48

split-complementary

#48CDCF #CF488A #CF8E48

monochromatic

#217B7C #2DABAD #48CDCF #78DADC #A9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#48CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDCF

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDCF	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcdd',
    500: '#48cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdcf;
$custom-light: #8cdcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77823,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDCF

secondary

#D69E9D

accent

#4846E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDCF

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

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