#48C2B3#48C2B3

#48C2B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2B3
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -37.21, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 37.30, 183.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.1095 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.11 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0972, 43.2127, 49.3938)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2B3 #C24857

analogous

#48C276 #48C2B3 #4894C2

triadic

#48C2B3 #B348C2 #C2B348

tetradic

#48C2B3 #7648C2 #C24857 #94C248

square

#48C2B3 #7648C2 #C24857 #94C248

split-complementary

#48C2B3 #C24894 #C27648

monochromatic

#246C63 #339A8D #48C2B3 #76D1C6 #A4E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48C2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B3

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2B3	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5c9',
    500: '#48c2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2b3;
$custom-light: #89d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2B3

secondary

#CE989F

accent

#4E5FDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2B3

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

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