#48C4CB#48C4CB

#48C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4CB
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -31.54, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 34.35, 203.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1011 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1872, 45.1657, 63.4572)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4CB #CB4F48

analogous

#48CB91 #48C4CB #4883CB

triadic

#48C4CB #CB48C4 #C4CB48

tetradic

#48C4CB #9148CB #CB4F48 #83CB48

square

#48C4CB #9148CB #CB4F48 #83CB48

split-complementary

#48C4CB #CB4883 #CB9148

monochromatic

#227277 #2FA0A6 #48C4CB #78D3D9 #A7E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#48C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4CB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4CB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6da',
    500: '#48c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4cb;
$custom-light: #8bd6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75528,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4CB

secondary

#D39E9B

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4CB

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

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