#48C6C7#48C6C7

#48C6C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.109 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6C7
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 199)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -33.63, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 35.30, 197.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.1048 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.109 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1708, 45.8858, 61.1304)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6C7 #C74948

analogous

#48C788 #48C6C7 #4887C7

triadic

#48C6C7 #C748C6 #C6C748

tetradic

#48C6C7 #8848C7 #C74948 #87C748

square

#48C6C7 #8848C7 #C74948 #87C748

split-complementary

#48C6C7 #C74887 #C78848

monochromatic

#237172 #31A0A1 #48C6C7 #77D5D5 #A6E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C6C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#48C6C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6C7

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6C7	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.109 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7d8',
    500: '#48c6c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6c7;
$custom-light: #8bd7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75868,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6C7

secondary

#D19A9A

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6C7

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

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