#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
RGBrgb(72, 206, 197)
HSLhsl(176, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(176, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.79, -37.89, -6.20)
CIE-LCHlch(75.79, 38.40, 189.29°)
OKLaboklab(77.73% -0.1139 -0.0174)
OKLCHoklch(77.73% 0.115 188.7)
XYZxyz(34.8172, 49.5477, 60.5412)
Luminance0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48CEC51.001.9210.9110.91
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9121.001.001.00
##00000010.9121.001.001.00

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

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#48CEC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva