#48D6CB#48D6CB

#48D6CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.120 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6CB
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -39.91, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 40.31, 188.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1193 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.12 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4936, 53.7784, 64.8926)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6CB #D64853

analogous

#48D684 #48D6CB #489AD6

triadic

#48D6CB #CB48D6 #D6CB48

tetradic

#48D6CB #8448D6 #D64853 #9AD648

square

#48D6CB #8448D6 #D64853 #9AD648

split-complementary

#48D6CB #D6489A #D68448

monochromatic

#1E867E #29B8AD #48D6CB #7AE1D9 #ACECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#48D6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6CB	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.120 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3da',
    500: '#48d6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6cb;
$custom-light: #8de3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.352,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6CB

secondary

#8C363D

accent

#414EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6CB

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

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