#48C6B6#48C6B6

#48C6B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.113 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6B6
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 182)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -38.25, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 38.31, 183.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1123 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.113 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3062, 45.1399, 51.3099)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6B6 #C64858

analogous

#48C677 #48C6B6 #4897C6

triadic

#48C6B6 #B648C6 #C6B648

tetradic

#48C6B6 #7748C6 #C64858 #97C648

square

#48C6B6 #7748C6 #C64858 #97C648

split-complementary

#48C6B6 #C64897 #C67748

monochromatic

#237167 #329F91 #48C6B6 #77D5C9 #A5E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#48C6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6B6

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6B6	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.113 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cb',
    500: '#48c6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6b6;
$custom-light: #8ad8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6B6

secondary

#D09AA1

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6B6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →