#48C7B5#48C7B5

#48C7B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7B5
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 181)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -38.96, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 38.98, 181.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1138 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.114 182)
XYZ	xyz(31.4325, 45.5573, 50.8440)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7B5 #C7485A

analogous

#48C775 #48C7B5 #4899C7

triadic

#48C7B5 #B548C7 #C7B548

tetradic

#48C7B5 #7548C7 #C7485A #99C748

square

#48C7B5 #7548C7 #C7485A #99C748

split-complementary

#48C7B5 #C74899 #C77548

monochromatic

#237267 #31A191 #48C7B5 #77D5C8 #A6E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#48C7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7B5

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7B5	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cb',
    500: '#48c7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7b5;
$custom-light: #8ad8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.496,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75524,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.45561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7B5

secondary

#D19AA2

accent

#4B60DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7B5

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

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