#48D6D0#48D6D0

#48D6D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6D0
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 208)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -38.55, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 39.40, 191.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1171 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.119 191)
XYZ	xyz(38.0990, 54.0206, 68.0814)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6D0 #D6484E

analogous

#48D689 #48D6D0 #4895D6

triadic

#48D6D0 #D048D6 #D6D048

tetradic

#48D6D0 #8948D6 #D6484E #95D648

square

#48D6D0 #8948D6 #D6484E #95D648

split-complementary

#48D6D0 #D64895 #D68948

monochromatic

#1E8681 #29B8B2 #48D6D0 #7AE1DD #ACECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D6D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#48D6D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6D0

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6D0	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3de',
    500: '#48d6d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6d0;
$custom-light: #8de3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80011,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.54025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6D0

secondary

#8C363A

accent

#4148E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6D0

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

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