#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
RGBrgb(72, 214, 189)
HSLhsl(169, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(169, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.96, -43.56, 1.28)
CIE-LCHlch(77.96, 43.58, 178.32°)
OKLaboklab(79.42% -0.1255 0.0027)
OKLCHoklch(79.42% 0.126 178.8)
XYZxyz(35.8999, 53.1410, 56.4995)
Luminance0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D6BD1.001.8111.6311.63
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6321.001.001.00
##00000011.6321.001.001.00

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

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#48D6BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva