#48CEC0#48CEC0

#48CEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC0
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 192)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -39.23, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 39.41, 185.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.1161 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.117 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2538, 49.3223, 57.5739)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC0 #CE4856

analogous

#48CE7D #48CEC0 #4899CE

triadic

#48CEC0 #C048CE #CEC048

tetradic

#48CEC0 #7D48CE #CE4856 #99CE48

square

#48CEC0 #7D48CE #CE4856 #99CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC0 #CE4899 #CE7D48

monochromatic

#217B71 #2EAB9E #48CEC0 #78DBD1 #A9E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#48CEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC0

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC0	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)

#C4C3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd3',
    500: '#48cec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec0;
$custom-light: #8bddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC0

secondary

#D59DA2

accent

#4757E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC0

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

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