#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
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -33.71, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 33.98, 187.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1005 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.101 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1454, 38.2590, 45.4812)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48B7AD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B7AD

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

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