#48C7BA#48C7BA

#48C7BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7BA
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -37.65, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 37.84, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1116 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.112 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9548, 45.7663, 53.5946)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7BA #C74855

analogous

#48C77A #48C7BA #4894C7

triadic

#48C7BA #BA48C7 #C7BA48

tetradic

#48C7BA #7A48C7 #C74855 #94C748

square

#48C7BA #7A48C7 #C74855 #94C748

split-complementary

#48C7BA #C74894 #C77A48

monochromatic

#23726A #31A195 #48C7BA #77D5CC #A6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#48C7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7BA

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7BA	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8ce',
    500: '#48c7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7ba;
$custom-light: #8ad8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.858,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7BA

secondary

#D19AA0

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7BA

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

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