#48CEC4#48CEC4

#48CEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC4
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -38.16, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 38.59, 188.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1143 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.115 188)
XYZ	xyz(34.7030, 49.5020, 59.9398)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC4 #CE4852

analogous

#48CE81 #48CEC4 #4895CE

triadic

#48CEC4 #C448CE #CEC448

tetradic

#48CEC4 #8148CE #CE4852 #95CE48

square

#48CEC4 #8148CE #CE4852 #95CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC4 #CE4895 #CE8148

monochromatic

#217B74 #2EABA2 #48CEC4 #78DBD4 #A9E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#48CEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC4

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC4	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd5',
    500: '#48cec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec4;
$custom-light: #8cddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77697,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.49506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC4

secondary

#D59DA1

accent

#4752E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC4

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

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