#48D6D4#48D6D4

#48D6D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6D4
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 212)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -37.45, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 38.79, 195.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1154 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.119 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5974, 54.2199, 70.7059)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6D4 #D6484A

analogous

#48D68D #48D6D4 #4891D6

triadic

#48D6D4 #D448D6 #D6D448

tetradic

#48D6D4 #8D48D6 #D6484A #91D648

square

#48D6D4 #8D48D6 #D6484A #91D648

split-complementary

#48D6D4 #D64891 #D68D48

monochromatic

#1E8684 #29B8B6 #48D6D4 #7AE1E0 #ACECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#48D6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6D4

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6D4	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e1',
    500: '#48d6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6d4;
$custom-light: #8ee3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80144,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6D4

secondary

#8C3637

accent

#4144E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6D4

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

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