#48B7A7#48B7A7

#48B7A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7A7
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -35.30, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 35.32, 182.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1032 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.103 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5778, 38.0320, 42.4920)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7A7 #B74858

analogous

#48B76F #48B7A7 #4890B7

triadic

#48B7A7 #A748B7 #B7A748

tetradic

#48B7A7 #6F48B7 #B74858 #90B748

square

#48B7A7 #6F48B7 #B74858 #90B748

split-complementary

#48B7A7 #B74890 #B76F48

monochromatic

#255F57 #378B7F #48B7A7 #74C8BC #A0DAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B7A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B7A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7A7

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7A7	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdc1',
    500: '#48b7a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7a7;
$custom-light: #87cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.351,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7A7

secondary

#C6959C

accent

#5567D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7A7

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

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