#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
RGBrgb(72, 199, 200)
HSLhsl(180, 54%, 53%)
HSVhsv(180, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.80, -33.82, -10.79)
CIE-LCHlch(73.80, 35.49, 197.69°)
OKLaboklab(76.14% -0.1054 -0.0299)
OKLCHoklch(76.14% 0.11 195.8)
XYZxyz(33.5166, 46.3910, 61.8203)
Luminance0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C7C81.002.0410.2810.28
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2821.001.001.00
##00000010.2821.001.001.00

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

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#48C7C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva