#48C7CE#48C7CE

#48C7CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CE
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -32.12, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 34.94, 203.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.1029 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2316, 46.6770, 65.5860)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CE #CE4F48

analogous

#48CE92 #48C7CE #4884CE

triadic

#48C7CE #CE48C7 #C7CE48

tetradic

#48C7CE #9248CE #CE4F48 #84CE48

square

#48C7CE #9248CE #CE4F48 #84CE48

split-complementary

#48C7CE #CE4884 #CE9248

monochromatic

#21767B #2EA4AB #48C7CE #78D6DB #A9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#48C7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8dd',
    500: '#48c7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ce;
$custom-light: #8cd8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76353,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CE

secondary

#D5A09D

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CE

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

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