#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
RGBrgb(72, 194, 182)
HSLhsl(174, 50%, 52%)
HSVhsv(174, 63%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 0%, 6.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.78, -36.42, -3.98)
CIE-LCHlch(71.78, 36.63, 186.24°)
OKLaboklab(74.33% -0.1081 -0.0113)
OKLCHoklch(74.33% 0.109 186)
XYZxyz(30.4039, 43.3354, 51.0091)
Luminance0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C2B61.002.179.679.67
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6721.001.001.00
##0000009.6721.001.001.00

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

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#48C2B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva