#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
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -40.17, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 40.51, 187.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1198 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.121 187)
XYZ	xyz(37.3748, 53.7309, 64.2670)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D6CA	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6CA

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

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