#48D0CE#48D0CE

#48D0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0CE
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -36.35, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 37.64, 195.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.112 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.115 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3639, 50.9416, 66.2968)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0CE #D0484A

analogous

#48D08A #48D0CE #488ED0

triadic

#48D0CE #CE48D0 #D0CE48

tetradic

#48D0CE #8A48D0 #D0484A #8ED048

square

#48D0CE #8A48D0 #D0484A #8ED048

split-complementary

#48D0CE #D0488E #D08A48

monochromatic

#207D7C #2DAEAC #48D0CE #79DDDB #A9E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#48D0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0CE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0CE	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdc',
    500: '#48d0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0ce;
$custom-light: #8ddfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78507,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0CE

secondary

#853738

accent

#4548E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0CE

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

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