#48CFC6#48CFC6

#48CFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFC6
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 198)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -38.08, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 38.59, 189.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1144 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.116 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1737, 50.0767, 61.2272)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFC6 #CF4851

analogous

#48CF83 #48CFC6 #4895CF

triadic

#48CFC6 #C648CF #CFC648

tetradic

#48CFC6 #8348CF #CF4851 #95CF48

square

#48CFC6 #8348CF #CF4851 #95CF48

split-complementary

#48CFC6 #CF4895 #CF8348

monochromatic

#217C76 #2DADA4 #48CFC6 #78DCD5 #A9E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48CFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#48CFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFC6

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFC6	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cded7',
    500: '#48cfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfc6;
$custom-light: #8cded7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78003,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFC6

secondary

#84373C

accent

#4651E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFC6

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

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