#48B7AC#48B7AC

#48B7AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7AC
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -33.97, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 34.19, 186.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.101 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.102 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0490, 38.2204, 44.9735)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7AC #B74853

analogous

#48B775 #48B7AC #488AB7

triadic

#48B7AC #AC48B7 #B7AC48

tetradic

#48B7AC #7548B7 #B74853 #8AB748

square

#48B7AC #7548B7 #B74853 #8AB748

split-complementary

#48B7AC #B7488A #B77548

monochromatic

#255F59 #378B83 #48B7AC #74C8C0 #A0DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#48B7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7AC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7AC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdc4',
    500: '#48b7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7ac;
$custom-light: #87cdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.054,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7132,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7AC

secondary

#C69599

accent

#5561D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7AC

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

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