#48D6BA#48D6BA

#48D6BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6BA
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 13.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -44.32, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 44.41, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1269 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.127 177)
XYZ	xyz(35.5777, 53.0121, 54.8022)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6BA #D64864

analogous

#48D673 #48D6BA #48ABD6

triadic

#48D6BA #BA48D6 #D6BA48

tetradic

#48D6BA #7348D6 #D64864 #ABD648

square

#48D6BA #7348D6 #D64864 #ABD648

split-complementary

#48D6BA #D648AB #D67348

monochromatic

#1E8671 #29B89C #48D6BA #7AE1CD #ACECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#48D6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6BA

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6BA	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3ce',
    500: '#48d6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6ba;
$custom-light: #8ce3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.53016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6BA

secondary

#8C3647

accent

#4162E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6BA

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

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