#48CEC8#48CEC8

#48CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC8
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -37.08, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 37.87, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1126 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.115 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1644, 49.6865, 62.3696)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC8 #CE484E

analogous

#48CE85 #48CEC8 #4891CE

triadic

#48CEC8 #C848CE #CEC848

tetradic

#48CEC8 #8548CE #CE484E #91CE48

square

#48CEC8 #8548CE #CE484E #91CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC8 #CE4891 #CE8548

monochromatic

#217B77 #2EABA5 #48CEC8 #78DBD7 #A9E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#48CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC8

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC8	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd8',
    500: '#48cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec8;
$custom-light: #8cddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC8

secondary

#D59D9F

accent

#474EE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC8

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

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