#48C7BC#48C7BC

#48C7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7BC
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -37.11, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 37.42, 187.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1107 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.112 187)
XYZ	xyz(32.1689, 45.8519, 54.7221)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7BC #C74853

analogous

#48C77C #48C7BC #4892C7

triadic

#48C7BC #BC48C7 #C7BC48

tetradic

#48C7BC #7C48C7 #C74853 #92C748

square

#48C7BC #7C48C7 #C74853 #92C748

split-complementary

#48C7BC #C74892 #C77C48

monochromatic

#23726B #31A197 #48C7BC #77D5CD #A6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#48C7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7BC

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7BC	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d0',
    500: '#48c7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7bc;
$custom-light: #8ad8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.803,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.45855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7BC

secondary

#D19A9F

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7BC

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

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