#48C2BA#48C2BA

#48C2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BA
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -35.34, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 35.85, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1064 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.108 189)
XYZ	xyz(30.8232, 43.5031, 53.2174)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BA #C24850

analogous

#48C27D #48C2BA #488DC2

triadic

#48C2BA #BA48C2 #C2BA48

tetradic

#48C2BA #7D48C2 #C24850 #8DC248

square

#48C2BA #7D48C2 #C24850 #8DC248

split-complementary

#48C2BA #C2488D #C27D48

monochromatic

#246C67 #339A93 #48C2BA #76D1CB #A4E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48C2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BA

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BA	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5ce',
    500: '#48c2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2ba;
$custom-light: #89d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.43506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BA

secondary

#CE989C

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BA

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

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