#48D6C4#48D6C4

#48D6C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.123 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6C4
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 196)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -41.76, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 41.82, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1224 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.123 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6782, 53.4523, 60.5981)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6C4 #D6485A

analogous

#48D67D #48D6C4 #48A1D6

triadic

#48D6C4 #C448D6 #D6C448

tetradic

#48D6C4 #7D48D6 #D6485A #A1D648

square

#48D6C4 #7D48D6 #D6485A #A1D648

split-complementary

#48D6C4 #D648A1 #D67D48

monochromatic

#1E8679 #29B8A6 #48D6C4 #7AE1D4 #ACECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#48D6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6C4

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6C4	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.123 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3d5',
    500: '#48d6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6c4;
$custom-light: #8de3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7963,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6C4

secondary

#8C3641

accent

#4156E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6C4

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

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