#48C7BB#48C7BB

#48C7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7BB
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -37.38, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 37.62, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1111 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.112 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0614, 45.8089, 54.1564)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7BB #C74854

analogous

#48C77B #48C7BB #4893C7

triadic

#48C7BB #BB48C7 #C7BB48

tetradic

#48C7BB #7B48C7 #C74854 #93C748

square

#48C7BB #7B48C7 #C74854 #93C748

split-complementary

#48C7BB #C74893 #C77B48

monochromatic

#23726A #31A196 #48C7BB #77D5CC #A6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7BB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7BB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cf',
    500: '#48c7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7bb;
$custom-light: #8ad8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.331,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75712,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7BB

secondary

#D19A9F

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7BB

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

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