#48D2CE#48D2CE

#48D2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2CE
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -37.27, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 38.32, 193.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.114 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.117 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8546, 51.9230, 66.4604)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2CE #D2484C

analogous

#48D289 #48D2CE #4891D2

triadic

#48D2CE #CE48D2 #D2CE48

tetradic

#48D2CE #8948D2 #D2484C #91D248

square

#48D2CE #8948D2 #D2484C #91D248

split-complementary

#48D2CE #D24891 #D28948

monochromatic

#20807D #2CB1AD #48D2CE #79DEDB #AAEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#48D2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2CE

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2CE	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de0dc',
    500: '#48d2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2ce;
$custom-light: #8de0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2CE

secondary

#873739

accent

#4449E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2CE

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

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