#48C7CD#48C7CD

#48C7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CD
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -32.40, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 35.01, 202.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1033 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1105, 46.6286, 64.9483)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CD #CD4E48

analogous

#48CD91 #48C7CD #4885CD

triadic

#48C7CD #CD48C7 #C7CD48

tetradic

#48C7CD #9148CD #CD4E48 #85CD48

square

#48C7CD #9148CD #CD4E48 #85CD48

split-complementary

#48C7CD #CD4885 #CD9148

monochromatic

#217579 #2EA4A9 #48C7CD #78D6DA #A8E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#48C7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CD

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CD	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8dc',
    500: '#48c7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7cd;
$custom-light: #8bd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.707,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CD

secondary

#D59F9C

accent

#4E47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CD

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

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