#48C2AB#48C2AB

#48C2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2AB
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -39.29, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 39.32, 177.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1131 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.113 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3115, 42.8984, 45.2557)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2AB #C2485F

analogous

#48C26E #48C2AB #489CC2

triadic

#48C2AB #AB48C2 #C2AB48

tetradic

#48C2AB #6E48C2 #C2485F #9CC248

square

#48C2AB #6E48C2 #C2485F #9CC248

split-complementary

#48C2AB #C2489C #C26E48

monochromatic

#246C5E #339A86 #48C2AB #76D1C0 #A4E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#48C2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2AB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2AB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5c4',
    500: '#48c2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ab;
$custom-light: #88d5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2AB

secondary

#CE98A2

accent

#4E69DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2AB

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

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