#48AFB7#48AFB7

#48AFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFB7
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 183)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -27.05, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 30.01, 205.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0876 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.095 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5461, 35.4538, 50.2348)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFB7 #B75048

analogous

#48B787 #48AFB7 #4878B7

triadic

#48AFB7 #B748AF #AFB748

tetradic

#48AFB7 #8748B7 #B75048 #78B748

square

#48AFB7 #8748B7 #B75048 #78B748

split-complementary

#48AFB7 #B74878 #B78748

monochromatic

#255B5F #37858B #48AFB7 #74C2C8 #A0D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48AFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#48AFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFB7

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFB7	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7cc',
    500: '#48afb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afb7;
$custom-light: #87c7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.324,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFB7

secondary

#C69895

accent

#5E55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFB7

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

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