#48CEC9#48CEC9

#48CEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC9
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -36.80, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 37.70, 192.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.1121 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.114 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2816, 49.7334, 62.9871)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC9 #CE484D

analogous

#48CE86 #48CEC9 #4890CE

triadic

#48CEC9 #C948CE #CEC948

tetradic

#48CEC9 #8648CE #CE484D #90CE48

square

#48CEC9 #8648CE #CE484D #90CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC9 #CE4890 #CE8648

monochromatic

#217B77 #2EABA6 #48CEC9 #78DBD7 #A9E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#48CEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC9

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC9	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd9',
    500: '#48cec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec9;
$custom-light: #8cddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7786,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC9

secondary

#D59D9F

accent

#474DE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC9

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

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