#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
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -35.61, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 36.03, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1068 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.108 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7173, 43.4608, 52.6595)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C2B9	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C2B9

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

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