#48CAC2#48CAC2

#48CAC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAC2
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -36.87, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 37.43, 189.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1111 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.113 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5262, 47.5101, 58.4320)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAC2 #CA4850

analogous

#48CA81 #48CAC2 #4891CA

triadic

#48CAC2 #C248CA #CAC248

tetradic

#48CAC2 #8148CA #CA4850 #91CA48

square

#48CAC2 #8148CA #CA4850 #91CA48

split-complementary

#48CAC2 #CA4891 #CA8148

monochromatic

#227670 #30A59E #48CAC2 #77D8D2 #A7E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#48CAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAC2

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAC2	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad4',
    500: '#48cac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cac2;
$custom-light: #8bdad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAC2

secondary

#D39B9F

accent

#4953DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAC2

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

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