#48D6AE#48D6AE

#48D6AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.134 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D6AE
RGBrgb(72, 214, 174)
HSLhsl(163, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(163, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 18.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.59, -47.25, 8.77)
CIE-LCHlch(77.59, 48.06, 169.49°)
OKLaboklab(79% -0.1324 0.0224)
OKLCHoklch(79% 0.134 170.4)
XYZxyz(34.3551, 52.5230, 48.3636)
Luminance0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D6AE #D64870
analogous
#48D667 #48D6AE #48B7D6
triadic
#48D6AE #AE48D6 #D6AE48
tetradic
#48D6AE #6748D6 #D64870 #B7D648
square
#48D6AE #6748D6 #D64870 #B7D648
split-complementary
#48D6AE #D648B7 #D66748
monochromatic
#1E8668 #29B890 #48D6AE #7AE1C4 #ACECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#48D6AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51
#48D6AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6AE
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D6AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D6AE1.001.8311.5111.51
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5121.001.001.00
##00000011.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0C8AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBAB1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.134 170.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c6',
    500: '#48d6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d6ae;
$custom-light: #8be3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.099,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D6AE
secondary
#8C364E
accent
#4170E6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#48D6AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva