#48C2BC#48C2BC

#48C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BC
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -34.80, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 35.49, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.1055 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.107 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0373, 43.5888, 54.3450)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BC #C2484E

analogous

#48C27F #48C2BC #488BC2

triadic

#48C2BC #BC48C2 #C2BC48

tetradic

#48C2BC #7F48C2 #C2484E #8BC248

square

#48C2BC #7F48C2 #C2484E #8BC248

split-complementary

#48C2BC #C2488B #C27F48

monochromatic

#246C68 #339A95 #48C2BC #76D1CD #A4E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#48C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d0',
    500: '#48c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2bc;
$custom-light: #8ad5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BC

secondary

#CE989B

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BC

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

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