#48C7C8#48C7C8

#48C7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.110 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7C8
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -33.82, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 35.49, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1054 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.11 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5166, 46.3910, 61.8203)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7C8 #C84948

analogous

#48C889 #48C7C8 #4887C8

triadic

#48C7C8 #C848C7 #C7C848

tetradic

#48C7C8 #8948C8 #C84948 #87C848

square

#48C7C8 #8948C8 #C84948 #87C848

split-complementary

#48C7C8 #C84887 #C88948

monochromatic

#237273 #31A1A2 #48C7C8 #77D5D6 #A6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#48C7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7C8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7C8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.110 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8d8',
    500: '#48c7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7c8;
$custom-light: #8bd8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.469,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7C8

secondary

#D19B9A

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7C8

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

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