#48C8B7#48C8B7

#48C8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B7
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -38.89, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 38.94, 182.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1139 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.114 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8700, 46.1017, 52.0095)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B7 #C84859

analogous

#48C877 #48C8B7 #4899C8

triadic

#48C8B7 #B748C8 #C8B748

tetradic

#48C8B7 #7748C8 #C84859 #99C848

square

#48C8B7 #7748C8 #C84859 #99C848

split-complementary

#48C8B7 #C84899 #C87748

monochromatic

#237368 #31A293 #48C8B7 #77D6CA #A6E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C8B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#48C8B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B7

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B7	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9cc',
    500: '#48c8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b7;
$custom-light: #8ad9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7583,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B7

secondary

#D19AA2

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B7

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

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