#48C9C8#48C9C8

#48C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9C8
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -34.76, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 36.14, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1075 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.111 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9798, 47.3174, 61.9747)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9C8 #C94849

analogous

#48C987 #48C9C8 #4889C9

triadic

#48C9C8 #C848C9 #C9C848

tetradic

#48C9C8 #8748C9 #C94849 #89C948

square

#48C9C8 #8748C9 #C94849 #89C948

split-complementary

#48C9C8 #C94889 #C98748

monochromatic

#227474 #30A4A3 #48C9C8 #77D7D6 #A7E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#48C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9C8

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9C8	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad8',
    500: '#48c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9c8;
$custom-light: #8bdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.535,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76624,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9C8

secondary

#D29B9B

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9C8

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

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