#48CEC3#48CEC3

#48CEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC3
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 5.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -38.43, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 38.78, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.1148 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.116 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5896, 49.4566, 59.3423)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC3 #CE4853

analogous

#48CE80 #48CEC3 #4896CE

triadic

#48CEC3 #C348CE #CEC348

tetradic

#48CEC3 #8048CE #CE4853 #96CE48

square

#48CEC3 #8048CE #CE4853 #96CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC3 #CE4896 #CE8048

monochromatic

#217B73 #2EABA1 #48CEC3 #78DBD3 #A9E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#48CEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC3

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC3	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)

#C3C3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd5',
    500: '#48cec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec3;
$custom-light: #8bddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC3

secondary

#D59DA1

accent

#4753E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC3

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

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