#48C2C0#48C2C0

#48C2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C2C0
RGBrgb(72, 194, 192)
HSLhsl(179, 50%, 52%)
HSVhsv(179, 63%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 0%, 1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.07, -33.69, -9.01)
CIE-LCHlch(72.07, 34.88, 194.97°)
OKLaboklab(74.66% -0.1037 -0.025)
OKLCHoklch(74.66% 0.107 193.6)
XYZxyz(31.4745, 43.7636, 56.6474)
Luminance0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C2C0 #C2484A
analogous
#48C283 #48C2C0 #4887C2
triadic
#48C2C0 #C048C2 #C2C048
tetradic
#48C2C0 #8348C2 #C2484A #87C248
square
#48C2C0 #8348C2 #C2484A #87C248
split-complementary
#48C2C0 #C24887 #C28348
monochromatic
#246C6B #339A98 #48C2C0 #76D1D0 #A4E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#48C2C0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75
#48C2C0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2C0
9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C2C0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C2C01.002.159.759.75
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7521.001.001.00
##0000009.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6B9C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3ABC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 193.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d3',
    500: '#48c2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c2c0;
$custom-light: #8ad5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C2C0
secondary
#CE9899
accent
#4E51DA
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

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#48C2C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva