#48D6CF#48D6CF

#48D6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D6CF
RGBrgb(72, 214, 207)
HSLhsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.45, -38.82, -7.64)
CIE-LCHlch(78.45, 39.57, 191.14°)
OKLaboklab(79.98% -0.1176 -0.0214)
OKLCHoklch(79.98% 0.12 190.3)
XYZxyz(37.9764, 53.9715, 67.4355)
Luminance0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D6CF #D6484F
analogous
#48D688 #48D6CF #4896D6
triadic
#48D6CF #CF48D6 #D6CF48
tetradic
#48D6CF #8848D6 #D6484F #96D648
square
#48D6CF #8848D6 #D6484F #96D648
split-complementary
#48D6CF #D64896 #D68848
monochromatic
#1E8681 #29B8B1 #48D6CF #7AE1DC #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#48D6CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80
#48D6CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6CF
11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D6CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D6CF1.001.7811.8011.80
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8021.001.001.00
##00000011.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CACBCF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5BCD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 190.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3dd',
    500: '#48d6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d6cf;
$custom-light: #8de3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.042,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79978,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D6CF
secondary
#8C363A
accent
#414AE6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48D6CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva