#48C7BD#48C7BD

#48C7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7BD
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -36.84, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 37.22, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1102 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.111 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2770, 45.8952, 55.2918)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7BD #C74852

analogous

#48C77E #48C7BD #4891C7

triadic

#48C7BD #BD48C7 #C7BD48

tetradic

#48C7BD #7E48C7 #C74852 #91C748

square

#48C7BD #7E48C7 #C74852 #91C748

split-complementary

#48C7BD #C74891 #C77E48

monochromatic

#23726C #31A198 #48C7BD #77D5CE #A6E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#48C7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7BD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7BD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d0',
    500: '#48c7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7bd;
$custom-light: #8ad8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7BD

secondary

#D19A9E

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7BD

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

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