#48D2CA#48D2CA

#48D2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.117 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2CA
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -38.36, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 38.98, 190.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.1157 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.117 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3749, 51.7311, 63.9337)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2CA #D24850

analogous

#48D285 #48D2CA #4895D2

triadic

#48D2CA #CA48D2 #D2CA48

tetradic

#48D2CA #8548D2 #D24850 #95D248

square

#48D2CA #8548D2 #D24850 #95D248

split-complementary

#48D2CA #D24895 #D28548

monochromatic

#20807A #2CB1A9 #48D2CA #79DED8 #AAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#48D2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2CA

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2CA	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.117 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0da',
    500: '#48d2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2ca;
$custom-light: #8ce0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2CA

secondary

#87373B

accent

#444DE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2CA

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

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