#48D6BC#48D6BC

#48D6BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.126 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6BC
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -43.82, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 43.85, 177.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.126 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.126 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7918, 53.0977, 55.9298)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6BC #D64862

analogous

#48D675 #48D6BC #48A9D6

triadic

#48D6BC #BC48D6 #D6BC48

tetradic

#48D6BC #7548D6 #D64862 #A9D648

square

#48D6BC #7548D6 #D64862 #A9D648

split-complementary

#48D6BC #D648A9 #D67548

monochromatic

#1E8673 #29B89E #48D6BC #7AE1CE #ACECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#48D6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6BC

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6BC	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.126 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3d0',
    500: '#48d6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6bc;
$custom-light: #8ce3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79391,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6BC

secondary

#8C3646

accent

#4160E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6BC

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

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