#48C7AB#48C7AB

#48C7AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7AB
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 14.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -41.51, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 41.68, 174.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.1183 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.119 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4431, 45.1616, 45.6328)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7AB #C74864

analogous

#48C76B #48C7AB #48A3C7

triadic

#48C7AB #AB48C7 #C7AB48

tetradic

#48C7AB #6B48C7 #C74864 #A3C748

square

#48C7AB #6B48C7 #C74864 #A3C748

split-complementary

#48C7AB #C748A3 #C76B48

monochromatic

#237260 #31A188 #48C7AB #77D5C1 #A6E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#48C7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7AB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7AB	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)

#C0BBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c4',
    500: '#48c7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ab;
$custom-light: #89d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.772,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7AB

secondary

#D19AA6

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7AB

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

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