#48C7C4#48C7C4

#48C7C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7C4
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 196)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 1.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -34.93, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 36.02, 194.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1072 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.11 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0553, 46.2064, 59.3905)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7C4 #C7484B

analogous

#48C785 #48C7C4 #488AC7

triadic

#48C7C4 #C448C7 #C7C448

tetradic

#48C7C4 #8548C7 #C7484B #8AC748

square

#48C7C4 #8548C7 #C7484B #8AC748

split-complementary

#48C7C4 #C7488A #C78548

monochromatic

#237270 #31A19E #48C7C4 #77D5D3 #A6E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C7C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#48C7C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7C4

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7C4	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8d5',
    500: '#48c7c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7c4;
$custom-light: #8bd8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7C4

secondary

#D19A9B

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7C4

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

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