#48C7CA#48C7CA

#48C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CA
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -33.25, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 35.28, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.1046 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7519, 46.4851, 63.0594)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CA #CA4B48

analogous

#48CA8C #48C7CA #4886CA

triadic

#48C7CA #CA48C7 #C7CA48

tetradic

#48C7CA #8C48CA #CA4B48 #86CA48

square

#48C7CA #8C48CA #CA4B48 #86CA48

split-complementary

#48C7CA #CA4886 #CA8C48

monochromatic

#227476 #30A2A5 #48C7CA #77D6D8 #A7E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CA

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8da',
    500: '#48c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ca;
$custom-light: #8bd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76212,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CA

secondary

#D39C9B

accent

#4D49DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CA

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

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