#48D6BD#48D6BD

#48D6BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.126 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6BD
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -43.56, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 43.58, 178.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.1255 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.126 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8999, 53.1410, 56.4995)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6BD #D64861

analogous

#48D676 #48D6BD #48A8D6

triadic

#48D6BD #BD48D6 #D6BD48

tetradic

#48D6BD #7648D6 #D64861 #A8D648

square

#48D6BD #7648D6 #D64861 #A8D648

split-complementary

#48D6BD #D648A8 #D67648

monochromatic

#1E8673 #29B89F #48D6BD #7AE1CF #ACECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#48D6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6BD

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6BD	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.126 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3d0',
    500: '#48d6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6bd;
$custom-light: #8ce3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.437,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6BD

secondary

#8C3645

accent

#415EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6BD

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

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