#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
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 192)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -33.69, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 34.88, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1037 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.107 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4745, 43.7636, 56.6474)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C2C0	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48C2C0

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

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