#48C2BE#48C2BE

#48C2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BE
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -34.25, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 35.17, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.1046 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.107 192)
XYZ	xyz(31.2544, 43.6756, 55.4883)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BE #C2484C

analogous

#48C281 #48C2BE #4889C2

triadic

#48C2BE #BE48C2 #C2BE48

tetradic

#48C2BE #8148C2 #C2484C #89C248

square

#48C2BE #8148C2 #C2484C #89C248

split-complementary

#48C2BE #C24889 #C28148

monochromatic

#246C69 #339A96 #48C2BE #76D1CE #A4E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#48C2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d1',
    500: '#48c2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2be;
$custom-light: #8ad5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74596,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.43679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BE

secondary

#CE989A

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BE

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

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