#48C2B9#48C2B9

#48C2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C2B9
RGBrgb(72, 194, 185)
HSLhsl(176, 50%, 52%)
HSVhsv(176, 63%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.87, -35.61, -5.49)
CIE-LCHlch(71.87, 36.03, 188.77°)
OKLaboklab(74.43% -0.1068 -0.0154)
OKLCHoklch(74.43% 0.108 188.2)
XYZxyz(30.7173, 43.4608, 52.6595)
Luminance0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C2B9 #C24851
analogous
#48C27C #48C2B9 #488EC2
triadic
#48C2B9 #B948C2 #C2B948
tetradic
#48C2B9 #7C48C2 #C24851 #8EC248
square
#48C2B9 #7C48C2 #C24851 #8EC248
split-complementary
#48C2B9 #C2488E #C27C48
monochromatic
#246C66 #339A92 #48C2B9 #76D1CB #A4E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#48C2B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69
#48C2B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2B9
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C2B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C2B91.002.179.699.69
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6921.001.001.00
##0000009.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8B8B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5AABA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 188.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5ce',
    500: '#48c2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c2b9;
$custom-light: #89d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C2B9
secondary
#CE989C
accent
#4E59DA
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

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#48C2B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva