#48C7CC#48C7CC

#48C7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CC
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -32.69, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 35.09, 201.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1037 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9902, 46.5804, 64.3146)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CC #CC4D48

analogous

#48CC8F #48C7CC #4885CC

triadic

#48C7CC #CC48C7 #C7CC48

tetradic

#48C7CC #8F48CC #CC4D48 #85CC48

square

#48C7CC #8F48CC #CC4D48 #85CC48

split-complementary

#48C7CC #CC4885 #CC8F48

monochromatic

#217578 #2FA3A8 #48C7CC #78D6D9 #A8E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#48C7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CC	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8db',
    500: '#48c7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7cc;
$custom-light: #8bd8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76282,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CC

secondary

#D49E9C

accent

#4E48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CC

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

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