#48C7CF#48C7CF

#48C7CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7CF
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 207)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -31.83, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 34.88, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1025 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3535, 46.7257, 66.2279)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7CF #CF5048

analogous

#48CF94 #48C7CF #4883CF

triadic

#48C7CF #CF48C7 #C7CF48

tetradic

#48C7CF #9448CF #CF5048 #83CF48

square

#48C7CF #9448CF #CF5048 #83CF48

split-complementary

#48C7CF #CF4883 #CF9448

monochromatic

#21777C #2DA5AD #48C7CF #78D6DC #A9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#48C7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7CF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7CF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd8dd',
    500: '#48c7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7cf;
$custom-light: #8cd8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7CF

secondary

#D6A09D

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7CF

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

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