#48C2A2#48C2A2

#48C2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.118 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2A2
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -41.53, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 41.98, 171.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1172 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.118 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4827, 42.5669, 40.8906)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2A2 #C24868

analogous

#48C265 #48C2A2 #48A5C2

triadic

#48C2A2 #A248C2 #C2A248

tetradic

#48C2A2 #6548C2 #C24868 #A5C248

square

#48C2A2 #6548C2 #C24868 #A5C248

split-complementary

#48C2A2 #C248A5 #C26548

monochromatic

#246C59 #339A7F #48C2A2 #76D1B9 #A4E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#48C2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2A2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2A2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.118 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5bd',
    500: '#48c2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2a2;
$custom-light: #88d5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.262,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2A2

secondary

#CE98A6

accent

#4E73DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2A2

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

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