#48CECF#48CECF

#48CECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CECF
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 207)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -35.14, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 36.87, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.1095 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.114 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0013, 50.0213, 66.7771)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CECF #CF4948

analogous

#48CF8C #48CECF #488BCF

triadic

#48CECF #CF48CE #CECF48

tetradic

#48CECF #8C48CF #CF4948 #8BCF48

square

#48CECF #8C48CF #CF4948 #8BCF48

split-complementary

#48CECF #CF488B #CF8C48

monochromatic

#217B7C #2DACAD #48CECF #78DBDC #A9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#48CECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CECF

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CECF	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdddd',
    500: '#48cecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cecf;
$custom-light: #8cdddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78062,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CECF

secondary

#843837

accent

#4746E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CECF

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

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