#48D6B3#48D6B3

#48D6B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.131 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6B3
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 179)
HSL	hsl(165, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 16.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -46.05, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 46.47, 172.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.1301 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.131 173)
XYZ	xyz(34.8517, 52.7217, 50.9786)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6B3 #D6486B

analogous

#48D66C #48D6B3 #48B2D6

triadic

#48D6B3 #B348D6 #D6B348

tetradic

#48D6B3 #6C48D6 #D6486B #B2D648

square

#48D6B3 #6C48D6 #D6486B #B2D648

split-complementary

#48D6B3 #D648B2 #D66C48

monochromatic

#1E866C #29B895 #48D6B3 #7AE1C8 #ACECDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#48D6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6B3

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6B3	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.131 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3c9',
    500: '#48d6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6b3;
$custom-light: #8ce3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.211,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.52726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6B3

secondary

#8C364B

accent

#416AE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6B3

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

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