#48D6BE#48D6BE

#48D6BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6BE
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 190)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 11.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -43.31, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 43.32, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.1251 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.125 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0089, 53.1845, 57.0731)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6BE #D64860

analogous

#48D677 #48D6BE #48A7D6

triadic

#48D6BE #BE48D6 #D6BE48

tetradic

#48D6BE #7748D6 #D64860 #A7D648

square

#48D6BE #7748D6 #D64860 #A7D648

split-complementary

#48D6BE #D648A7 #D67748

monochromatic

#1E8674 #29B8A0 #48D6BE #7AE1D0 #ACECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48D6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6BE

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6BE	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3d1',
    500: '#48d6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6be;
$custom-light: #8ce3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6BE

secondary

#8C3645

accent

#415DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6BE

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

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