#48C3B2#48C3B2

#48C3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3B2
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -37.93, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 37.96, 182.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.111 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.111 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2198, 43.6190, 48.9375)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3B2 #C34859

analogous

#48C374 #48C3B2 #4897C3

triadic

#48C3B2 #B248C3 #C3B248

tetradic

#48C3B2 #7448C3 #C34859 #97C348

square

#48C3B2 #7448C3 #C34859 #97C348

split-complementary

#48C3B2 #C34897 #C37448

monochromatic

#246D63 #339B8D #48C3B2 #76D2C5 #A4E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#48C3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3B2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3B2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c9',
    500: '#48c3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3b2;
$custom-light: #89d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3B2

secondary

#CE99A0

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3B2

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

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