#48C7AC#48C7AC

#48C7AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7AC
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 13.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -41.26, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 41.39, 175.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1179 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.118 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5387, 45.1998, 46.1367)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7AC #C74863

analogous

#48C76C #48C7AC #48A2C7

triadic

#48C7AC #AC48C7 #C7AC48

tetradic

#48C7AC #6C48C7 #C74863 #A2C748

square

#48C7AC #6C48C7 #C74863 #A2C748

split-complementary

#48C7AC #C748A2 #C76C48

monochromatic

#237261 #31A189 #48C7AC #77D5C1 #A6E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#48C7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7AC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7AC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c4',
    500: '#48c7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ac;
$custom-light: #89d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.244,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7AC

secondary

#D19AA6

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7AC

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

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