#48C7CB#48C7CB

#48C7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.110 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CB
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -32.97, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 35.18, 200.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1042 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.11 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8707, 46.5326, 63.6850)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CB #CB4C48

analogous

#48CB8E #48C7CB #4886CB

triadic

#48C7CB #CB48C7 #C7CB48

tetradic

#48C7CB #8E48CB #CB4C48 #86CB48

square

#48C7CB #8E48CB #CB4C48 #86CB48

split-complementary

#48C7CB #CB4886 #CB8E48

monochromatic

#227477 #2FA3A6 #48C7CB #78D6D9 #A7E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#48C7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CB

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CB	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.110 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8da',
    500: '#48c7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7cb;
$custom-light: #8bd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CB

secondary

#D39D9B

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CB

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

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