#48B2C2#48B2C2

#48B2C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2C2
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -25.33, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 30.61, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0862 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.098 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3264, 37.1105, 56.6987)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2C2 #C25848

analogous

#48C295 #48B2C2 #4875C2

triadic

#48B2C2 #C248B2 #B2C248

tetradic

#48B2C2 #9548C2 #C25848 #75C248

square

#48B2C2 #9548C2 #C25848 #75C248

split-complementary

#48B2C2 #C24875 #C29548

monochromatic

#24626C #338C9A #48B2C2 #76C5D1 #A4D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#48B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2C2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2C2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9d4',
    500: '#48b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2c2;
$custom-light: #88c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2C2

secondary

#CE9F98

accent

#614EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2C2

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

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