#48CFCD#48CFCD

#48CFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.115 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFCD
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -36.16, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 37.45, 195.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.1114 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.115 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9998, 50.4071, 65.5780)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFCD #CF484A

analogous

#48CF8A #48CFCD #488ECF

triadic

#48CFCD #CD48CF #CFCD48

tetradic

#48CFCD #8A48CF #CF484A #8ECF48

square

#48CFCD #8A48CF #CF484A #8ECF48

split-complementary

#48CFCD #CF488E #CF8A48

monochromatic

#217C7B #2DADAB #48CFCD #78DCDA #A9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#48CFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFCD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFCD	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.115 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdedc',
    500: '#48cfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfcd;
$custom-light: #8cdedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.111,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78234,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFCD

secondary

#843738

accent

#4648E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFCD

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

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