#48C7C7#48C7C7

#48C7C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.110 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7C7
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 199)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -34.10, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 35.61, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.1059 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.11 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4001, 46.3444, 61.2069)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7C7 #C74848

analogous

#48C787 #48C7C7 #4887C7

triadic

#48C7C7 #C748C7 #C7C748

tetradic

#48C7C7 #8748C7 #C74848 #87C748

square

#48C7C7 #8748C7 #C74848 #87C748

split-complementary

#48C7C7 #C74887 #C78748

monochromatic

#237272 #31A1A1 #48C7C7 #77D5D5 #A6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C7C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#48C7C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7C7

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7C7	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.110 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8d8',
    500: '#48c7c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7c7;
$custom-light: #8bd8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76108,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7C7

secondary

#D19A9A

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7C7

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

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