#48CECD#48CECD

#48CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CECD
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -35.70, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 37.12, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.1104 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.114 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7583, 49.9241, 65.4975)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CECD #CE4849

analogous

#48CE8A #48CECD #488CCE

triadic

#48CECD #CD48CE #CECD48

tetradic

#48CECD #8A48CE #CE4849 #8CCE48

square

#48CECD #8A48CE #CE4849 #8CCE48

split-complementary

#48CECD #CE488C #CE8A48

monochromatic

#217B7A #2EABAA #48CECD #78DBDA #A9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#48CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CECD

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CECD	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdddc',
    500: '#48cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cecd;
$custom-light: #8cdddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CECD

secondary

#D59D9D

accent

#4748E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CECD

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

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