#48D4CC#48D4CC

#48D4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.119 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4CC
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 204)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -38.73, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 39.37, 190.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.1169 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.119 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1101, 52.8201, 65.3546)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4CC #D44850

analogous

#48D486 #48D4CC #4896D4

triadic

#48D4CC #CC48D4 #D4CC48

tetradic

#48D4CC #8648D4 #D44850 #96D448

square

#48D4CC #8648D4 #D44850 #96D448

split-complementary

#48D4CC #D44896 #D48648

monochromatic

#1F837D #2AB4AD #48D4CC #7AE0DA #ABEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#48D4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4CC

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4CC	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.119 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2db',
    500: '#48d4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4cc;
$custom-light: #8de2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79401,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4CC

secondary

#8A363B

accent

#434CE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4CC

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

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