#48CECE#48CECE

#48CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CECE
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -35.42, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 36.99, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.11 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.114 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8794, 49.9725, 66.1353)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CECE #CE4848

analogous

#48CE8B #48CECE #488BCE

triadic

#48CECE #CE48CE #CECE48

tetradic

#48CECE #8B48CE #CE4848 #8BCE48

square

#48CECE #8B48CE #CE4848 #8BCE48

split-complementary

#48CECE #CE488B #CE8B48

monochromatic

#217B7B #2EABAB #48CECE #78DBDB #A9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#48CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CECE

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CECE	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 195.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CECE

secondary

#D59D9D

accent

#4747E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CECE

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

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