#48D0CB#48D0CB

#48D0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CB
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 203)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -37.17, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 38.09, 192.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.1133 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.116 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0030, 50.7972, 64.3957)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CB #D0484D

analogous

#48D087 #48D0CB #4891D0

triadic

#48D0CB #CB48D0 #D0CB48

tetradic

#48D0CB #8748D0 #D0484D #91D048

square

#48D0CB #8748D0 #D0484D #91D048

split-complementary

#48D0CB #D04891 #D08748

monochromatic

#207D7A #2DAEA9 #48D0CB #79DDD9 #A9E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#48D0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CB

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CB	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfda',
    500: '#48d0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0cb;
$custom-light: #8cdfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78407,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CB

secondary

#85373A

accent

#454BE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CB

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

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