#48D6CC#48D6CC

#48D6CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6CC
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -39.64, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 40.11, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1189 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.12 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6131, 53.8262, 65.5222)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6CC #D64852

analogous

#48D685 #48D6CC #4899D6

triadic

#48D6CC #CC48D6 #D6CC48

tetradic

#48D6CC #8548D6 #D64852 #99D648

square

#48D6CC #8548D6 #D64852 #99D648

split-complementary

#48D6CC #D64899 #D68548

monochromatic

#1E867E #29B8AE #48D6CC #7AE1DA #ACECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#48D6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CC

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6CC	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3db',
    500: '#48d6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6cc;
$custom-light: #8de3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79881,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6CC

secondary

#8C363C

accent

#414DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6CC

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

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