#48D6CE#48D6CE

#48D6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6CE
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -39.10, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 39.75, 190.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.118 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.12 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8545, 53.9228, 66.7937)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6CE #D64850

analogous

#48D687 #48D6CE #4897D6

triadic

#48D6CE #CE48D6 #D6CE48

tetradic

#48D6CE #8748D6 #D64850 #97D648

square

#48D6CE #8748D6 #D64850 #97D648

split-complementary

#48D6CE #D64897 #D68748

monochromatic

#1E8680 #29B8B0 #48D6CE #7AE1DB #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#48D6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CE

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6CE	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3dc',
    500: '#48d6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6ce;
$custom-light: #8de3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79946,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6CE

secondary

#8C363B

accent

#414BE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6CE

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

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