#48CECC#48CECC

#48CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CECC
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -35.98, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 37.25, 195.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1108 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.114 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6380, 49.8760, 64.8639)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CECC #CE484A

analogous

#48CE89 #48CECC #488DCE

triadic

#48CECC #CC48CE #CECC48

tetradic

#48CECC #8948CE #CE484A #8DCE48

square

#48CECC #8948CE #CE484A #8DCE48

split-complementary

#48CECC #CE488D #CE8948

monochromatic

#217B79 #2EABA9 #48CECC #78DBD9 #A9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#48CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CECC

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CECC	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdddb',
    500: '#48cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cecc;
$custom-light: #8cdddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CECC

secondary

#D59D9D

accent

#4749E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CECC

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

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