#48CEC2#48CEC2

#48CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC2
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -38.70, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 38.98, 186.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.1152 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.116 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4769, 49.4115, 58.7489)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC2 #CE4854

analogous

#48CE7F #48CEC2 #4897CE

triadic

#48CEC2 #C248CE #CEC248

tetradic

#48CEC2 #7F48CE #CE4854 #97CE48

square

#48CEC2 #7F48CE #CE4854 #97CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC2 #CE4897 #CE7F48

monochromatic

#217B73 #2EABA0 #48CEC2 #78DBD2 #A9E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#48CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC2

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC2	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)

#C4C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd4',
    500: '#48cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec2;
$custom-light: #8bddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.627,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77633,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC2

secondary

#D59DA2

accent

#4755E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC2

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

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