#48C7B8#48C7B8

#48C7B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7B8
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -38.18, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 38.28, 184.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1124 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.113 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7436, 45.6818, 52.4826)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7B8 #C74857

analogous

#48C778 #48C7B8 #4897C7

triadic

#48C7B8 #B848C7 #C7B848

tetradic

#48C7B8 #7848C7 #C74857 #97C748

square

#48C7B8 #7848C7 #C74857 #97C748

split-complementary

#48C7B8 #C74897 #C77848

monochromatic

#237268 #31A193 #48C7B8 #77D5CA #A6E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C7B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#48C7B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7B8

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7B8	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cd',
    500: '#48c7b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7b8;
$custom-light: #8ad8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7B8

secondary

#D19AA0

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7B8

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

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