#48B7A3#48B7A3

#48B7A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7A3
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -36.33, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 36.34, 178.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1051 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2138, 37.8863, 40.5745)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7A3 #B7485C

analogous

#48B76B #48B7A3 #4894B7

triadic

#48B7A3 #A348B7 #B7A348

tetradic

#48B7A3 #6B48B7 #B7485C #94B748

square

#48B7A3 #6B48B7 #B7485C #94B748

split-complementary

#48B7A3 #B74894 #B76B48

monochromatic

#255F55 #378B7C #48B7A3 #74C8B9 #A0DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B7A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#48B7A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7A3

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7A3	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdbe',
    500: '#48b7a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7a3;
$custom-light: #87cdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.189,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7A3

secondary

#C6959D

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7A3

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

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