#48D6CA#48D6CA

#48D6CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D6CA
RGBrgb(72, 214, 202)
HSLhsl(175, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(175, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.30, -40.17, -5.17)
CIE-LCHlch(78.30, 40.51, 187.34°)
OKLaboklab(79.82% -0.1198 -0.0146)
OKLCHoklch(79.82% 0.121 187)
XYZxyz(37.3748, 53.7309, 64.2670)
Luminance0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D6CA #D64854
analogous
#48D683 #48D6CA #489BD6
triadic
#48D6CA #CA48D6 #D6CA48
tetradic
#48D6CA #8348D6 #D64854 #9BD648
square
#48D6CA #8348D6 #D64854 #9BD648
split-complementary
#48D6CA #D6489B #D68348
monochromatic
#1E867D #29B8AC #48D6CA #7AE1D8 #ACECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#48D6CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75
#48D6CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CA
11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D6CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D6CA1.001.7911.7511.75
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7521.001.001.00
##00000011.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCBCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6BBCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 187.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3da',
    500: '#48d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d6ca;
$custom-light: #8de3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.53735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D6CA
secondary
#8C363D
accent
#414FE6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1514
muted
#7F8483

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#48D6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva