#48CEC6#48CEC6

#48CEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEC6
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 198)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -37.62, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 38.21, 190.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.1134 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.115 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9322, 49.5937, 61.1467)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEC6 #CE4850

analogous

#48CE83 #48CEC6 #4893CE

triadic

#48CEC6 #C648CE #CEC648

tetradic

#48CEC6 #8348CE #CE4850 #93CE48

square

#48CEC6 #8348CE #CE4850 #93CE48

split-complementary

#48CEC6 #CE4893 #CE8348

monochromatic

#217B75 #2EABA4 #48CEC6 #78DBD5 #A9E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#48CEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#48CEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEC6

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEC6	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd7',
    500: '#48cec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cec6;
$custom-light: #8cddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.418,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77761,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEC6

secondary

#D59DA0

accent

#4750E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEC6

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

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