#48D6C8#48D6C8

#48D6C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6C8
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -40.71, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 40.92, 185.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.1206 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.121 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1395, 53.6368, 63.0280)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6C8 #D64856

analogous

#48D681 #48D6C8 #489DD6

triadic

#48D6C8 #C848D6 #D6C848

tetradic

#48D6C8 #8148D6 #D64856 #9DD648

square

#48D6C8 #8148D6 #D64856 #9DD648

split-complementary

#48D6C8 #D6489D #D68148

monochromatic

#1E867B #29B8AA #48D6C8 #7AE1D7 #ACECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#48D6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6C8

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6C8	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3d8',
    500: '#48d6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6c8;
$custom-light: #8de3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6C8

secondary

#8C363F

accent

#4152E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6C8

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

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