#48C4C8#48C4C8

#48C4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4C8
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -32.39, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 34.59, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1024 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.108 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8332, 45.0241, 61.5925)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4C8 #C84C48

analogous

#48C88C #48C4C8 #4884C8

triadic

#48C4C8 #C848C4 #C4C848

tetradic

#48C4C8 #8C48C8 #C84C48 #84C848

square

#48C4C8 #8C48C8 #C84C48 #84C848

split-complementary

#48C4C8 #C84884 #C88C48

monochromatic

#237173 #319FA2 #48C4C8 #77D3D6 #A6E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#48C4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4C8

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4C8	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6d8',
    500: '#48c4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4c8;
$custom-light: #8bd6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4C8

secondary

#D19C9A

accent

#4F4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4C8

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

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