#48AEB7#48AEB7

#48AEB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.094 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEB7
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -26.55, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 29.76, 206.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0865 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.094 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3522, 35.0660, 50.1702)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEB7 #B75148

analogous

#48B789 #48AEB7 #4876B7

triadic

#48AEB7 #B748AE #AEB748

tetradic

#48AEB7 #8948B7 #B75148 #76B748

square

#48AEB7 #8948B7 #B75148 #76B748

split-complementary

#48AEB7 #B74876 #B78948

monochromatic

#255A5F #37848B #48AEB7 #74C1C8 #A0D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#48AEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEB7

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEB7	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.094 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6cc',
    500: '#48aeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeb7;
$custom-light: #87c6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69503,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEB7

secondary

#C69995

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEB7

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

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