#48C2BB#48C2BB

#48C2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BB
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -35.07, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 35.67, 190.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1059 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.107 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9299, 43.5458, 53.7792)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BB #C2484F

analogous

#48C27E #48C2BB #488CC2

triadic

#48C2BB #BB48C2 #C2BB48

tetradic

#48C2BB #7E48C2 #C2484F #8CC248

square

#48C2BB #7E48C2 #C2484F #8CC248

split-complementary

#48C2BB #C2488C #C27E48

monochromatic

#246C68 #339A94 #48C2BB #76D1CC #A4E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#48C2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BB

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BB	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cf',
    500: '#48c2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2bb;
$custom-light: #89d5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BB

secondary

#CE989B

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BB

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

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