#48C7AA#48C7AA

#48C7AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7AA
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -41.76, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 41.98, 174.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1188 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.119 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3481, 45.1236, 45.1328)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7AA #C74865

analogous

#48C76A #48C7AA #48A4C7

triadic

#48C7AA #AA48C7 #C7AA48

tetradic

#48C7AA #6A48C7 #C74865 #A4C748

square

#48C7AA #6A48C7 #C74865 #A4C748

split-complementary

#48C7AA #C748A4 #C76A48

monochromatic

#237260 #31A187 #48C7AA #77D5C0 #A6E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#48C7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7AA

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7AA	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c3',
    500: '#48c7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7aa;
$custom-light: #89d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.299,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7AA

secondary

#D19AA7

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7AA

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

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