#48D6D3#48D6D3

#48D6D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6D3
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 211)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -37.73, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 38.93, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1159 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.119 193)
XYZ	xyz(38.4716, 54.1696, 70.0436)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6D3 #D6484B

analogous

#48D68C #48D6D3 #4892D6

triadic

#48D6D3 #D348D6 #D6D348

tetradic

#48D6D3 #8C48D6 #D6484B #92D648

square

#48D6D3 #8C48D6 #D6484B #92D648

split-complementary

#48D6D3 #D64892 #D68C48

monochromatic

#1E8683 #29B8B5 #48D6D3 #7AE1DF #ACECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D6D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#48D6D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6D3

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6D3	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e0',
    500: '#48d6d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6d3;
$custom-light: #8ee3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.732,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.54174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6D3

secondary

#8C3638

accent

#4145E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6D3

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

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