#48B7AD#48B7AD

#48B7AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B7AD
RGBrgb(72, 183, 173)
HSLhsl(175, 44%, 50%)
HSVhsv(175, 61%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.21, -33.71, -4.31)
CIE-LCHlch(68.21, 33.98, 187.29°)
OKLaboklab(71.35% -0.1005 -0.0122)
OKLCHoklch(71.35% 0.101 186.9)
XYZxyz(27.1454, 38.2590, 45.4812)
Luminance0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B7AD #B74852
analogous
#48B776 #48B7AD #4889B7
triadic
#48B7AD #AD48B7 #B7AD48
tetradic
#48B7AD #7648B7 #B74852 #89B748
square
#48B7AD #7648B7 #B74852 #89B748
split-complementary
#48B7AD #B74889 #B77648
monochromatic
#255F5A #378B83 #48B7AD #74C8C1 #A0DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#48B7AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65
#48B7AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7AD
8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B7AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B7AD1.002.438.658.65
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6521.001.001.00
##0000008.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEAEAD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA1AE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 186.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdc5',
    500: '#48b7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b7ad;
$custom-light: #87cdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B7AD
secondary
#C69599
accent
#5560D3
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#48B7AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva