#48C6B5#48C6B5

#48C6B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.113 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6B5
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -38.51, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 38.55, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1128 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.113 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2032, 45.0987, 50.7676)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6B5 #C64859

analogous

#48C676 #48C6B5 #4898C6

triadic

#48C6B5 #B548C6 #C6B548

tetradic

#48C6B5 #7648C6 #C64859 #98C648

square

#48C6B5 #7648C6 #C64859 #98C648

split-complementary

#48C6B5 #C64898 #C67648

monochromatic

#237166 #329F90 #48C6B5 #77D5C8 #A5E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#48C6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6B5

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6B5	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.113 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cb',
    500: '#48c6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6b5;
$custom-light: #8ad8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.905,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7528,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6B5

secondary

#D09AA1

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6B5

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

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