#48D0CC#48D0CC

#48D0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.115 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CC
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -36.90, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 37.93, 193.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.1129 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.115 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1225, 50.8450, 65.0254)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CC #D0484C

analogous

#48D088 #48D0CC #4890D0

triadic

#48D0CC #CC48D0 #D0CC48

tetradic

#48D0CC #8848D0 #D0484C #90D048

square

#48D0CC #8848D0 #D0484C #90D048

split-complementary

#48D0CC #D04890 #D08848

monochromatic

#207D7B #2DAEAA #48D0CC #79DDDA #A9E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#48D0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CC

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CC	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.115 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfdb',
    500: '#48d0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0cc;
$custom-light: #8cdfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CC

secondary

#853739

accent

#454AE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CC

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

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