#48C2B7#48C2B7

#48C2B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2B7
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 183)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -36.15, -4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 36.43, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1077 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.108 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5076, 43.3769, 51.5553)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2B7 #C24853

analogous

#48C27A #48C2B7 #4890C2

triadic

#48C2B7 #B748C2 #C2B748

tetradic

#48C2B7 #7A48C2 #C24853 #90C248

square

#48C2B7 #7A48C2 #C24853 #90C248

split-complementary

#48C2B7 #C24890 #C27A48

monochromatic

#246C65 #339A90 #48C2B7 #76D1C9 #A4E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C2B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#48C2B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B7

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2B7	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cc',
    500: '#48c2b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2b7;
$custom-light: #89d5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.59,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74366,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2B7

secondary

#CE989D

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2B7

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

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