#48C2BD#48C2BD

#48C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BD
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -34.52, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 35.33, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.105 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.107 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1455, 43.6320, 54.9147)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BD #C2484D

analogous

#48C280 #48C2BD #488AC2

triadic

#48C2BD #BD48C2 #C2BD48

tetradic

#48C2BD #8048C2 #C2484D #8AC248

square

#48C2BD #8048C2 #C2484D #8AC248

split-complementary

#48C2BD #C2488A #C28048

monochromatic

#246C69 #339A95 #48C2BD #76D1CE #A4E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#48C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BD	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d0',
    500: '#48c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2bd;
$custom-light: #8ad5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74563,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BD

secondary

#CE989A

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BD

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

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