#48C2B5#48C2B5

#48C2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C2B5
RGBrgb(72, 194, 181)
HSLhsl(174, 50%, 52%)
HSVhsv(174, 63%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.75, -36.68, -3.48)
CIE-LCHlch(71.75, 36.85, 185.42°)
OKLaboklab(74.3% -0.1086 -0.01)
OKLCHoklch(74.3% 0.109 185.3)
XYZxyz(30.3010, 43.2942, 50.4668)
Luminance0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C2B5 #C24855
analogous
#48C278 #48C2B5 #4892C2
triadic
#48C2B5 #B548C2 #C2B548
tetradic
#48C2B5 #7848C2 #C24855 #92C248
square
#48C2B5 #7848C2 #C24855 #92C248
split-complementary
#48C2B5 #C24892 #C27848
monochromatic
#246C64 #339A8F #48C2B5 #76D1C8 #A4E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#48C2B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66
#48C2B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B5
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C2B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C2B51.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B8B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6AAB6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 185.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cb',
    500: '#48c2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c2b5;
$custom-light: #89d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C2B5
secondary
#CE989E
accent
#4E5DDA
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

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#48C2B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva