#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
RGBrgb(72, 214, 197)
HSLhsl(173, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(173, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.17, -41.50, -2.70)
CIE-LCHlch(78.17, 41.59, 183.72°)
OKLaboklab(79.66% -0.122 -0.0079)
OKLCHoklch(79.66% 0.122 183.7)
XYZxyz(36.7924, 53.4979, 61.1996)
Luminance0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D6C51.001.7911.7011.70
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7021.001.001.00
##00000011.7021.001.001.00

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

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#48D6C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva