#48D1CE#48D1CE

#48D1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1CE
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -36.81, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 37.98, 194.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.113 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.116 193)
XYZ	xyz(36.6085, 51.4308, 66.3783)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1CE #D1484B

analogous

#48D189 #48D1CE #4890D1

triadic

#48D1CE #CE48D1 #D1CE48

tetradic

#48D1CE #8948D1 #D1484B #90D148

square

#48D1CE #8948D1 #D1484B #90D148

split-complementary

#48D1CE #D14890 #D18948

monochromatic

#207F7D #2CB0AD #48D1CE #79DDDB #AAEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#48D1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1CE

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1CE	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddfdc',
    500: '#48d1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1ce;
$custom-light: #8ddfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.51435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1CE

secondary

#863739

accent

#4548E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1CE

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

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