#48C7AD#48C7AD

#48C7AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7AD
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 13.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -41.01, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 41.11, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1174 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.118 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6351, 45.2384, 46.6444)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7AD #C74862

analogous

#48C76E #48C7AD #48A1C7

triadic

#48C7AD #AD48C7 #C7AD48

tetradic

#48C7AD #6E48C7 #C74862 #A1C748

square

#48C7AD #6E48C7 #C74862 #A1C748

split-complementary

#48C7AD #C748A1 #C76E48

monochromatic

#237262 #31A18A #48C7AD #77D5C2 #A6E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#48C7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7AD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7AD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c5',
    500: '#48c7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ad;
$custom-light: #89d8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.717,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75285,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7AD

secondary

#D19AA5

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7AD

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

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