#48C7BF#48C7BF

#48C7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7BF
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 191)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -36.30, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 36.84, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1093 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.111 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4956, 45.9826, 56.4431)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7BF #C74850

analogous

#48C77F #48C7BF #4890C7

triadic

#48C7BF #BF48C7 #C7BF48

tetradic

#48C7BF #7F48C7 #C74850 #90C748

square

#48C7BF #7F48C7 #C74850 #90C748

split-complementary

#48C7BF #C74890 #C77F48

monochromatic

#23726D #31A19A #48C7BF #77D5CF #A6E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48C7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7BF

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7BF	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d2',
    500: '#48c7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7bf;
$custom-light: #8ad8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7BF

secondary

#D19A9D

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7BF

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

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