#48D1CA#48D1CA

#48D1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1CA
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -37.91, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 38.62, 190.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1147 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.117 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1288, 51.2389, 63.8517)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1CA #D1484F

analogous

#48D185 #48D1CA #4894D1

triadic

#48D1CA #CA48D1 #D1CA48

tetradic

#48D1CA #8548D1 #D1484F #94D148

square

#48D1CA #8548D1 #D1484F #94D148

split-complementary

#48D1CA #D14894 #D18548

monochromatic

#207F7A #2CB0A9 #48D1CA #79DDD8 #AAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#48D1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1CA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1CA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfda',
    500: '#48d1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1ca;
$custom-light: #8cdfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1CA

secondary

#86373B

accent

#454DE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1CA

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

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