#48D4C6#48D4C6

#48D4C6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4C6
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 198)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -40.34, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 40.55, 185.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.1195 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.12 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4043, 52.5378, 61.6374)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4C6 #D44856

analogous

#48D480 #48D4C6 #489CD4

triadic

#48D4C6 #C648D4 #D4C648

tetradic

#48D4C6 #8048D4 #D44856 #9CD448

square

#48D4C6 #8048D4 #D44856 #9CD448

split-complementary

#48D4C6 #D4489C #D48048

monochromatic

#1F8379 #2AB4A7 #48D4C6 #7AE0D5 #ABEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#48D4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4C6

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4C6	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce2d7',
    500: '#48d4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4c6;
$custom-light: #8ce2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4C6

secondary

#8A363F

accent

#4353E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4C6

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

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