#48CBC7#48CBC7

#48CBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC7
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 199)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -35.97, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 36.96, 193.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1099 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.112 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3326, 48.2093, 61.5177)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC7 #CB484C

analogous

#48CB86 #48CBC7 #488ECB

triadic

#48CBC7 #C748CB #CBC748

tetradic

#48CBC7 #8648CB #CB484C #8ECB48

square

#48CBC7 #8648CB #CB484C #8ECB48

split-complementary

#48CBC7 #CB488E #CB8648

monochromatic

#227774 #2FA6A3 #48CBC7 #78D9D6 #A7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#48CBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC7

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC7	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd7',
    500: '#48cbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc7;
$custom-light: #8bdbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.168,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77071,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC7

secondary

#D39B9D

accent

#494DDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC7

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

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