#48CEC5#48CEC5

#48CEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC5
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -37.89, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 38.40, 189.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1139 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.115 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8172, 49.5477, 60.5412)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC5 #CE4851

analogous

#48CE82 #48CEC5 #4894CE

triadic

#48CEC5 #C548CE #CEC548

tetradic

#48CEC5 #8248CE #CE4851 #94CE48

square

#48CEC5 #8248CE #CE4851 #94CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC5 #CE4894 #CE8248

monochromatic

#217B75 #2EABA3 #48CEC5 #78DBD4 #A9E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#48CEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC5	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#C3C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd6',
    500: '#48cec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec5;
$custom-light: #8cddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC5

secondary

#D59DA0

accent

#4751E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC5

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

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