#48CBC8#48CBC8

#48CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC8
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -35.69, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 36.81, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1095 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.112 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4491, 48.2559, 62.1312)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC8 #CB484B

analogous

#48CB87 #48CBC8 #488DCB

triadic

#48CBC8 #C848CB #CBC848

tetradic

#48CBC8 #8748CB #CB484B #8DCB48

square

#48CBC8 #8748CB #CB484B #8DCB48

split-complementary

#48CBC8 #CB488D #CB8748

monochromatic

#227775 #2FA6A4 #48CBC8 #78D9D6 #A7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#48CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd8',
    500: '#48cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc8;
$custom-light: #8bdbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.626,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77105,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC8

secondary

#D39B9D

accent

#494CDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC8

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

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