#48C7C5#48C7C5

#48C7C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7C5
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 197)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -34.65, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 35.88, 195.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1067 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.11 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1695, 46.2521, 59.9920)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7C5 #C7484A

analogous

#48C785 #48C7C5 #4889C7

triadic

#48C7C5 #C548C7 #C7C548

tetradic

#48C7C5 #8548C7 #C7484A #89C748

square

#48C7C5 #8548C7 #C7484A #89C748

split-complementary

#48C7C5 #C74889 #C78548

monochromatic

#237271 #31A19F #48C7C5 #77D5D4 #A6E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C7C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C7C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7C5

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7C5	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8d6',
    500: '#48c7c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7c5;
$custom-light: #8bd8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.055,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7604,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7C5

secondary

#D19A9B

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7C5

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

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