#48C0CB#48C0CB

#48C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0CB
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -29.61, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 33.37, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.097 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2970, 43.3852, 63.1604)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0CB #CB5348

analogous

#48CB95 #48C0CB #487FCB

triadic

#48C0CB #CB48C0 #C0CB48

tetradic

#48C0CB #9548CB #CB5348 #7FCB48

square

#48C0CB #9548CB #CB5348 #7FCB48

split-complementary

#48C0CB #CB487F #CB9548

monochromatic

#227077 #2F9CA6 #48C0CB #78D0D9 #A7E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#48C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0CB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0CB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3da',
    500: '#48c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0cb;
$custom-light: #8bd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0CB

secondary

#D3A09B

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0CB

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

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