#48D6C2#48D6C2

#48D6C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.123 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6C2
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 9.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -42.28, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 42.30, 181.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1233 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.123 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4520, 53.3618, 59.4072)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6C2 #D6485C

analogous

#48D67B #48D6C2 #48A3D6

triadic

#48D6C2 #C248D6 #D6C248

tetradic

#48D6C2 #7B48D6 #D6485C #A3D648

square

#48D6C2 #7B48D6 #D6485C #A3D648

split-complementary

#48D6C2 #D648A3 #D67B48

monochromatic

#1E8677 #29B8A4 #48D6C2 #7AE1D3 #ACECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6C2

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6C2	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCAC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.123 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3d4',
    500: '#48d6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6c2;
$custom-light: #8ce3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7957,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6C2

secondary

#8C3642

accent

#4159E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6C2

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

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