#48B7AE#48B7AE

#48B7AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7AE
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -33.44, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 33.78, 188.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1001 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.101 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2425, 38.2978, 45.9927)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7AE #B74851

analogous

#48B776 #48B7AE #4889B7

triadic

#48B7AE #AE48B7 #B7AE48

tetradic

#48B7AE #7648B7 #B74851 #89B748

square

#48B7AE #7648B7 #B74851 #89B748

split-complementary

#48B7AE #B74889 #B77648

monochromatic

#255F5A #378B84 #48B7AE #74C8C1 #A0DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#48B7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7AE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7AE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdc6',
    500: '#48b7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7ae;
$custom-light: #87cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.135,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7AE

secondary

#C69599

accent

#555FD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7AE

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

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