#48C2B4#48C2B4

#48C2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2B4
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -36.95, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 37.07, 184.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.109 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.109 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1987, 43.2533, 49.9284)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2B4 #C24856

analogous

#48C277 #48C2B4 #4893C2

triadic

#48C2B4 #B448C2 #C2B448

tetradic

#48C2B4 #7748C2 #C24856 #93C248

square

#48C2B4 #7748C2 #C24856 #93C248

split-complementary

#48C2B4 #C24893 #C27748

monochromatic

#246C63 #339A8E #48C2B4 #76D1C7 #A4E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#48C2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2B4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5ca',
    500: '#48c2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2b4;
$custom-light: #89d5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2B4

secondary

#CE989E

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2B4

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

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