#48C7B6#48C7B6

#48C7B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7B6
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 182)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -38.70, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 38.74, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1133 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.113 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5355, 45.5985, 51.3863)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7B6 #C74859

analogous

#48C777 #48C7B6 #4898C7

triadic

#48C7B6 #B648C7 #C7B648

tetradic

#48C7B6 #7748C7 #C74859 #98C748

square

#48C7B6 #7748C7 #C74859 #98C748

split-complementary

#48C7B6 #C74898 #C77748

monochromatic

#237267 #31A192 #48C7B6 #77D5C9 #A6E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C7B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#48C7B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7B6

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7B6	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cb',
    500: '#48c7b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7b6;
$custom-light: #8ad8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.969,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7B6

secondary

#D19AA1

accent

#4B5FDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7B6

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

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