#48C2AE#48C2AE

#48C2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2AE
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -38.52, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 38.52, 179.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1117 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.112 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6007, 43.0141, 46.7788)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2AE #C2485C

analogous

#48C271 #48C2AE #4899C2

triadic

#48C2AE #AE48C2 #C2AE48

tetradic

#48C2AE #7148C2 #C2485C #99C248

square

#48C2AE #7148C2 #C2485C #99C248

split-complementary

#48C2AE #C24899 #C27148

monochromatic

#246C60 #339A89 #48C2AE #76D1C2 #A4E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48C2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2AE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2AE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5c6',
    500: '#48c2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ae;
$custom-light: #89d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2AE

secondary

#CE98A1

accent

#4E65DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2AE

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

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