#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
RGBrgb(72, 175, 183)
HSLhsl(184, 44%, 50%)
HSVhsv(184, 61%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.10, -27.05, -12.99)
CIE-LCHlch(66.10, 30.01, 205.65°)
OKLaboklab(69.75% -0.0876 -0.036)
OKLCHoklch(69.75% 0.095 202.3)
XYZxyz(26.5461, 35.4538, 50.2348)
Luminance0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48AFB71.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

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

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#48AFB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva