#48D6B6#48D6B6

#48D6B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6B6
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 182)
HSL	hsl(166, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 15%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -45.31, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 45.57, 173.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1287 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.129 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1584, 52.8443, 52.5940)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6B6 #D64868

analogous

#48D66F #48D6B6 #48AFD6

triadic

#48D6B6 #B648D6 #D6B648

tetradic

#48D6B6 #6F48D6 #D64868 #AFD648

square

#48D6B6 #6F48D6 #D64868 #AFD648

split-complementary

#48D6B6 #D648AF #D66F48

monochromatic

#1E866E #29B898 #48D6B6 #7AE1CA #ACECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#48D6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6B6

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6B6	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3cb',
    500: '#48d6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6b6;
$custom-light: #8ce3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7922,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6B6

secondary

#8C3649

accent

#4167E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6B6

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

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