#48D4B6#48D4B6

#48D4B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D4B6
RGBrgb(72, 212, 182)
HSLhsl(167, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(167, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 14.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.18, -44.45, 3.91)
CIE-LCHlch(77.18, 44.62, 174.98°)
OKLaboklab(78.73% -0.1267 0.0097)
OKLCHoklch(78.73% 0.127 175.6)
XYZxyz(34.6553, 51.8382, 52.4263)
Luminance0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D4B6 #D44866
analogous
#48D470 #48D4B6 #48ACD4
triadic
#48D4B6 #B648D4 #D4B648
tetradic
#48D4B6 #7048D4 #D44866 #ACD448
square
#48D4B6 #7048D4 #D44866 #ACD448
split-complementary
#48D4B6 #D448AC #D47048
monochromatic
#1F836D #2AB497 #48D4B6 #7AE0CA #ABEBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#48D4B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37
#48D4B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4B6
11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D4B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D4B61.001.8511.3711.37
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3721.001.001.00
##00000011.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCC7B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B9B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 175.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2cb',
    500: '#48d4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d4b6;
$custom-light: #8be2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78731,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D4B6
secondary
#8A3648
accent
#4366E5
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4B6

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#48D4B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva