#48C8CF#48C8CF

#48C8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8CF
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -32.31, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 35.14, 203.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1035 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5843, 47.1874, 66.3048)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8CF #CF4F48

analogous

#48CF93 #48C8CF #4885CF

triadic

#48C8CF #CF48C8 #C8CF48

tetradic

#48C8CF #9348CF #CF4F48 #85CF48

square

#48C8CF #9348CF #CF4F48 #85CF48

split-complementary

#48C8CF #CF4885 #CF9348

monochromatic

#21777C #2DA6AD #48C8CF #78D7DC #A9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#48C8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8CF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8CF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9dd',
    500: '#48c8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8cf;
$custom-light: #8cd9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76627,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8CF

secondary

#D6A09D

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8CF

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

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