#48CEB6#48CEB6

#48CEB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEB6
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 182)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 11.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -41.83, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 41.85, 178.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1206 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.121 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1833, 48.8941, 51.9356)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEB6 #CE4860

analogous

#48CE73 #48CEB6 #48A3CE

triadic

#48CEB6 #B648CE #CEB648

tetradic

#48CEB6 #7348CE #CE4860 #A3CE48

square

#48CEB6 #7348CE #CE4860 #A3CE48

split-complementary

#48CEB6 #CE48A3 #CE7348

monochromatic

#217B6B #2EAB95 #48CEB6 #78DBC9 #A9E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#48CEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEB6

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEB6	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddcb',
    500: '#48ceb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceb6;
$custom-light: #8bddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77265,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEB6

secondary

#D59DA7

accent

#4762E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEB6

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

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