#48D0CA#48D0CA

#48D0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CA
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -37.45, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 38.25, 191.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.1137 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.116 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8842, 50.7497, 63.7702)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CA #D0484E

analogous

#48D086 #48D0CA #4892D0

triadic

#48D0CA #CA48D0 #D0CA48

tetradic

#48D0CA #8648D0 #D0484E #92D048

square

#48D0CA #8648D0 #D0484E #92D048

split-complementary

#48D0CA #D04892 #D08648

monochromatic

#207D79 #2DAEA8 #48D0CA #79DDD8 #A9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#48D0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CA

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CA	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfda',
    500: '#48d0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0ca;
$custom-light: #8cdfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CA

secondary

#85373B

accent

#454CE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CA

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

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