#48C3C8#48C3C8

#48C3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3C8
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -31.92, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 34.30, 201.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1013 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.107 199)
XYZ	xyz(32.6084, 44.5745, 61.5176)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3C8 #C84D48

analogous

#48C88D #48C3C8 #4883C8

triadic

#48C3C8 #C848C3 #C3C848

tetradic

#48C3C8 #8D48C8 #C84D48 #83C848

square

#48C3C8 #8D48C8 #C84D48 #83C848

split-complementary

#48C3C8 #C84883 #C88D48

monochromatic

#237073 #319EA2 #48C3C8 #77D2D6 #A6E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#48C3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3C8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3C8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5d8',
    500: '#48c3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3c8;
$custom-light: #8bd5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.44578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3C8

secondary

#D19D9A

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3C8

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

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