#48BCA7#48BCA7

#48BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA7
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -37.60, 0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.61, 178.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1086 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 179)
XYZ	xyz(27.6275, 40.1313, 42.8418)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA7 #BC485D

analogous

#48BC6D #48BCA7 #4897BC

triadic

#48BCA7 #A748BC #BCA748

tetradic

#48BCA7 #6D48BC #BC485D #97BC48

square

#48BCA7 #6D48BC #BC485D #97BC48

split-complementary

#48BCA7 #BC4897 #BC6D48

monochromatic

#256559 #359281 #48BCA7 #75CCBD #A2DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA7

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA7	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c1',
    500: '#48bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca7;
$custom-light: #87d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.40134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA7

secondary

#CA96A0

accent

#526AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA7

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

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