#48C6D6#48C6D6

#48C6D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6D6
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -29.31, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 34.48, 211.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0986 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.111 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9990, 46.6170, 70.7587)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6D6 #D65848

analogous

#48D69F #48C6D6 #487FD6

triadic

#48C6D6 #D648C6 #C6D648

tetradic

#48C6D6 #9F48D6 #D65848 #7FD648

square

#48C6D6 #9F48D6 #D65848 #7FD648

split-complementary

#48C6D6 #D6487F #D69F48

monochromatic

#1E7A86 #29A8B8 #48C6D6 #7AD6E1 #ACE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#48C6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6D6

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6D6	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e2',
    500: '#48c6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6d6;
$custom-light: #8cd7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6D6

secondary

#DAA6A0

accent

#5441E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6D6

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

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