#48BEB2#48BEB2

#48BEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEB2
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -35.64, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 35.83, 185.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1057 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.106 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1182, 41.4159, 48.5703)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEB2 #BE4854

analogous

#48BE77 #48BEB2 #488FBE

triadic

#48BEB2 #B248BE #BEB248

tetradic

#48BEB2 #7748BE #BE4854 #8FBE48

square

#48BEB2 #7748BE #BE4854 #8FBE48

split-complementary

#48BEB2 #BE488F #BE7748

monochromatic

#256760 #35948A #48BEB2 #75CEC5 #A2DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#48BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEB2

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEB2	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c9',
    500: '#48beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48beb2;
$custom-light: #88d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEB2

secondary

#CB979C

accent

#515ED7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEB2

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

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