#48D6BB#48D6BB

#48D6BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.127 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6BB
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 187)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -44.07, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 44.13, 177.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1264 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.127 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6843, 53.0547, 55.3640)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6BB #D64863

analogous

#48D674 #48D6BB #48AAD6

triadic

#48D6BB #BB48D6 #D6BB48

tetradic

#48D6BB #7448D6 #D64863 #AAD648

square

#48D6BB #7448D6 #D64863 #AAD648

split-complementary

#48D6BB #D648AA #D67448

monochromatic

#1E8672 #29B89D #48D6BB #7AE1CE #ACECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#48D6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6BB

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6BB	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.127 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3cf',
    500: '#48d6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6bb;
$custom-light: #8ce3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.592,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79362,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6BB

secondary

#8C3646

accent

#4161E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6BB

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

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