#48C2B6#48C2B6

#48C2B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2B6
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 182)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 6.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -36.42, -3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 36.63, 186.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1081 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.109 186)
XYZ	xyz(30.4039, 43.3354, 51.0091)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2B6 #C24854

analogous

#48C279 #48C2B6 #4891C2

triadic

#48C2B6 #B648C2 #C2B648

tetradic

#48C2B6 #7948C2 #C24854 #91C248

square

#48C2B6 #7948C2 #C24854 #91C248

split-complementary

#48C2B6 #C24891 #C27948

monochromatic

#246C65 #339A90 #48C2B6 #76D1C8 #A4E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#48C2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2B6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cb',
    500: '#48c2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2b6;
$custom-light: #89d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.43339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2B6

secondary

#CE989E

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2B6

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

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