#48C7AF#48C7AF

#48C7AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7AF
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -40.51, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 40.54, 177.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1165 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.117 178)
XYZ	xyz(30.8301, 45.3164, 47.6713)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7AF #C74860

analogous

#48C76F #48C7AF #48A0C7

triadic

#48C7AF #AF48C7 #C7AF48

tetradic

#48C7AF #6F48C7 #C74860 #A0C748

square

#48C7AF #6F48C7 #C74860 #A0C748

split-complementary

#48C7AF #C748A0 #C76F48

monochromatic

#237263 #31A18C #48C7AF #77D5C3 #A6E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C7AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#48C7AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7AF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7AF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c6',
    500: '#48c7af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7af;
$custom-light: #89d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75344,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7AF

secondary

#D19AA4

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7AF

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

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