#48C8CC#48C8CC

#48C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CC
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -33.16, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 35.38, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1047 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.11 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2211, 47.0421, 64.3915)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CC #CC4C48

analogous

#48CC8E #48C8CC #4886CC

triadic

#48C8CC #CC48C8 #C8CC48

tetradic

#48C8CC #8E48CC #CC4C48 #86CC48

square

#48C8CC #8E48CC #CC4C48 #86CC48

split-complementary

#48C8CC #CC4886 #CC8E48

monochromatic

#217578 #2FA4A8 #48C8CC #78D6D9 #A8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#48C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9db',
    500: '#48c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8cc;
$custom-light: #8bd9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CC

secondary

#D49E9C

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CC

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

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