#48C8CB#48C8CB

#48C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CB
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -33.44, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 35.48, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.1052 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1015, 46.9943, 63.7619)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CB #CB4B48

analogous

#48CB8D #48C8CB #4887CB

triadic

#48C8CB #CB48C8 #C8CB48

tetradic

#48C8CB #8D48CB #CB4B48 #87CB48

square

#48C8CB #8D48CB #CB4B48 #87CB48

split-complementary

#48C8CB #CB4887 #CB8D48

monochromatic

#227577 #2FA4A6 #48C8CB #78D6D9 #A7E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#48C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CB

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CB	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9da',
    500: '#48c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8cb;
$custom-light: #8bd9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CB

secondary

#D39D9B

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CB

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

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