#48C0C8#48C0C8

#48C0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0C8
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -30.48, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 33.49, 204.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0983 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.106 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9429, 43.2436, 61.2958)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0C8 #C85048

analogous

#48C890 #48C0C8 #4880C8

triadic

#48C0C8 #C848C0 #C0C848

tetradic

#48C0C8 #9048C8 #C85048 #80C848

square

#48C0C8 #9048C8 #C85048 #80C848

split-complementary

#48C0C8 #C84880 #C89048

monochromatic

#236E73 #319BA2 #48C0C8 #77D0D6 #A6E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#48C0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0C8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0C8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3d8',
    500: '#48c0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0c8;
$custom-light: #8ad3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0C8

secondary

#D19E9A

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0C8

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

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