#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
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -36.68, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 36.85, 185.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1086 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.109 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3010, 43.2942, 50.4668)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C2B5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C2B5

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

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