#48D6B8#48D6B8

#48D6B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D6B8
RGBrgb(72, 214, 184)
HSLhsl(167, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(167, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 14%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.83, -44.82, 3.77)
CIE-LCHlch(77.83, 44.98, 175.19°)
OKLaboklab(79.28% -0.1278 0.0093)
OKLCHoklch(79.28% 0.128 175.8)
XYZxyz(35.3665, 52.9276, 53.6903)
Luminance0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D6B8 #D64866
analogous
#48D671 #48D6B8 #48ADD6
triadic
#48D6B8 #B848D6 #D6B848
tetradic
#48D6B8 #7148D6 #D64866 #ADD648
square
#48D6B8 #7148D6 #D64866 #ADD648
split-complementary
#48D6B8 #D648AD #D67148
monochromatic
#1E8670 #29B89A #48D6B8 #7AE1CB #ACECDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#48D6B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59
#48D6B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6B8
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D6B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D6B81.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEC9B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BABABA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 175.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3cd',
    500: '#48d6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d6b8;
$custom-light: #8ce3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.324,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D6B8
secondary
#8C3648
accent
#4164E6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFA
border
#CED5D3
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6B8

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#48D6B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva