#48D6C5#48D6C5

#48D6C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.122 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6C5
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 197)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -41.50, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 41.59, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.122 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.122 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7924, 53.4979, 61.1996)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6C5 #D64859

analogous

#48D67E #48D6C5 #48A0D6

triadic

#48D6C5 #C548D6 #D6C548

tetradic

#48D6C5 #7E48D6 #D64859 #A0D648

square

#48D6C5 #7E48D6 #D64859 #A0D648

split-complementary

#48D6C5 #D648A0 #D67E48

monochromatic

#1E8679 #29B8A7 #48D6C5 #7AE1D5 #ACECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#48D6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6C5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6C5	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.122 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3d6',
    500: '#48d6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6c5;
$custom-light: #8de3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79661,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6C5

secondary

#8C3640

accent

#4155E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6C5

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

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