#48C0C7#48C0C7

#48C0C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0C7
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 199)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -30.76, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 33.55, 203.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0987 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8265, 43.1970, 60.6823)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0C7 #C74F48

analogous

#48C78E #48C0C7 #4880C7

triadic

#48C0C7 #C748C0 #C0C748

tetradic

#48C0C7 #8E48C7 #C74F48 #80C748

square

#48C0C7 #8E48C7 #C74F48 #80C748

split-complementary

#48C0C7 #C74880 #C78E48

monochromatic

#236D72 #319AA1 #48C0C7 #77D0D5 #A6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C0C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48C0C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0C7

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0C7	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3d8',
    500: '#48c0c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0c7;
$custom-light: #8ad3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0C7

secondary

#D19D9A

accent

#534BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0C7

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

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