#48C5C8#48C5C8

#48C5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.108 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5C8
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -32.87, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 34.88, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1034 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.108 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0595, 45.4767, 61.6680)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5C8 #C84B48

analogous

#48C88B #48C5C8 #4885C8

triadic

#48C5C8 #C848C5 #C5C848

tetradic

#48C5C8 #8B48C8 #C84B48 #85C848

square

#48C5C8 #8B48C8 #C84B48 #85C848

split-complementary

#48C5C8 #C84885 #C88B48

monochromatic

#237173 #319FA2 #48C5C8 #77D4D6 #A6E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#48C5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5C8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5C8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.108 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7d8',
    500: '#48c5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5c8;
$custom-light: #8bd7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75662,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5C8

secondary

#D19C9A

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5C8

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

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