#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
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -38.82, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 39.57, 191.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.1176 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.12 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9764, 53.9715, 67.4355)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D6CF	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D6CF

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

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