#48C2C8#48C2C8

#48C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2C8
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -31.44, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 34.02, 202.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1003 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.107 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3851, 44.1279, 61.4432)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2C8 #C84E48

analogous

#48C88E #48C2C8 #4882C8

triadic

#48C2C8 #C848C2 #C2C848

tetradic

#48C2C8 #8E48C8 #C84E48 #82C848

square

#48C2C8 #8E48C8 #C84E48 #82C848

split-complementary

#48C2C8 #C84882 #C88E48

monochromatic

#236F73 #319DA2 #48C2C8 #77D2D6 #A6E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#48C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2C8

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2C8	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d8',
    500: '#48c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2c8;
$custom-light: #8ad5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2C8

secondary

#D19D9A

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2C8

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

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