#48D6CD#48D6CD

#48D6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6CD
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -39.37, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 39.93, 189.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1184 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.12 189)
XYZ	xyz(37.7334, 53.8744, 66.1559)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6CD #D64851

analogous

#48D686 #48D6CD #4898D6

triadic

#48D6CD #CD48D6 #D6CD48

tetradic

#48D6CD #8648D6 #D64851 #98D648

square

#48D6CD #8648D6 #D64851 #98D648

split-complementary

#48D6CD #D64898 #D68648

monochromatic

#1E867F #29B8AF #48D6CD #7AE1DB #ACECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#48D6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CD

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6CD	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3dc',
    500: '#48d6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6cd;
$custom-light: #8de3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.197,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.53879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6CD

secondary

#8C363B

accent

#414CE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6CD

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

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