#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
RGBrgb(72, 199, 184)
HSLhsl(173, 53%, 53%)
HSVhsv(173, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(73.34, -38.18, -2.78)
CIE-LCHlch(73.34, 38.28, 184.17°)
OKLaboklab(75.62% -0.1124 -0.0081)
OKLCHoklch(75.62% 0.113 184.1)
XYZxyz(31.7436, 45.6818, 52.4826)
Luminance0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C7B81.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

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

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#48C7B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva