#48C6B2#48C6B2

#48C6B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6B2
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -39.29, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 39.29, 180.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.1141 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.114 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8987, 44.9769, 49.1639)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6B2 #C6485C

analogous

#48C673 #48C6B2 #489BC6

triadic

#48C6B2 #B248C6 #C6B248

tetradic

#48C6B2 #7348C6 #C6485C #9BC648

square

#48C6B2 #7348C6 #C6485C #9BC648

split-complementary

#48C6B2 #C6489B #C67348

monochromatic

#237164 #329F8E #48C6B2 #77D5C6 #A5E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#48C6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6B2

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6B2	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8c9',
    500: '#48c6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6b2;
$custom-light: #89d8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.476,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6B2

secondary

#D09AA2

accent

#4C63DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6B2

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

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