#48C8C8#48C8C8

#48C8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8C8
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -34.29, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 35.81, 196.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1065 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.11 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7475, 46.8527, 61.8973)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8C8 #C84848

analogous

#48C888 #48C8C8 #4888C8

triadic

#48C8C8 #C848C8 #C8C848

tetradic

#48C8C8 #8848C8 #C84848 #88C848

square

#48C8C8 #8848C8 #C84848 #88C848

split-complementary

#48C8C8 #C84888 #C88848

monochromatic

#237373 #31A2A2 #48C8C8 #77D6D6 #A6E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#48C8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8C8

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8C8	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9d8',
    500: '#48c8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8c8;
$custom-light: #8bd9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8C8

secondary

#D19A9A

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8C8

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

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