Mediumturquoise#48D1CC

#48D1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Mediumturquoise — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#48D1CC
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -37.36, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 38.28, 192.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1139 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.116 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3671, 51.3342, 65.1069)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1CC #D1484D

analogous

#48D187 #48D1CC #4892D1

triadic

#48D1CC #CC48D1 #D1CC48

tetradic

#48D1CC #8748D1 #D1484D #92D148

square

#48D1CC #8748D1 #D1484D #92D148

split-complementary

#48D1CC #D14892 #D18748

monochromatic

#207F7B #2CB0AB #48D1CC #79DDDA #AAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#48D1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1CC

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1CC	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfdb',
    500: '#48d1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1cc;
$custom-light: #8cdfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7868,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1CC

secondary

#86373A

accent

#454BE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1CC

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

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