#48D6D5#48D6D5

#48D6D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6D5
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 213)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -37.17, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 38.66, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.115 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.119 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7239, 54.2705, 71.3723)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6D5 #D64849

analogous

#48D68E #48D6D5 #4890D6

triadic

#48D6D5 #D548D6 #D6D548

tetradic

#48D6D5 #8E48D6 #D64849 #90D648

square

#48D6D5 #8E48D6 #D64849 #90D648

split-complementary

#48D6D5 #D64890 #D68E48

monochromatic

#1E8685 #29B8B7 #48D6D5 #7AE1E0 #ACECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D6D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#48D6D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6D5

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6D5	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e1',
    500: '#48d6d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6d5;
$custom-light: #8ee3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.577,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80177,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6D5

secondary

#8C3637

accent

#4143E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6D5

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

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