#48CCC8#48CCC8

#48CCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCC8
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -36.15, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 37.16, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1105 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.113 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6860, 48.7297, 62.2101)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCC8 #CC484C

analogous

#48CC86 #48CCC8 #488ECC

triadic

#48CCC8 #C848CC #CCC848

tetradic

#48CCC8 #8648CC #CC484C #8ECC48

square

#48CCC8 #8648CC #CC484C #8ECC48

split-complementary

#48CCC8 #CC488E #CC8648

monochromatic

#217875 #2FA8A4 #48CCC8 #78D9D6 #A8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#48CCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCC8

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCC8	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcd8',
    500: '#48ccc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccc8;
$custom-light: #8cdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77345,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCC8

secondary

#D49C9E

accent

#484DE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCC8

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

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