#48D2CB#48D2CB

#48D2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.117 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2CB
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -38.09, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 38.81, 191.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.1153 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.117 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4937, 51.7786, 64.5593)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2CB #D2484F

analogous

#48D286 #48D2CB #4894D2

triadic

#48D2CB #CB48D2 #D2CB48

tetradic

#48D2CB #8648D2 #D2484F #94D248

square

#48D2CB #8648D2 #D2484F #94D248

split-complementary

#48D2CB #D24894 #D28648

monochromatic

#20807B #2CB1AA #48D2CB #79DED9 #AAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#48D2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2CB

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2CB	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.117 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de0da',
    500: '#48d2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2cb;
$custom-light: #8de0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.957,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78888,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2CB

secondary

#87373B

accent

#444CE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2CB

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

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