#48C2B8#48C2B8

#48C2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2B8
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -35.88, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 36.23, 187.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1072 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.108 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6121, 43.4187, 52.1054)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2B8 #C24852

analogous

#48C27B #48C2B8 #488FC2

triadic

#48C2B8 #B848C2 #C2B848

tetradic

#48C2B8 #7B48C2 #C24852 #8FC248

square

#48C2B8 #7B48C2 #C24852 #8FC248

split-complementary

#48C2B8 #C2488F #C27B48

monochromatic

#246C66 #339A91 #48C2B8 #76D1CA #A4E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#48C2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B8

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2B8	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)

#B8B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cd',
    500: '#48c2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2b8;
$custom-light: #89d5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74399,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2B8

secondary

#CE989D

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2B8

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

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