#48D6D9#48D6D9

#48D6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6D9
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -36.06, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 38.18, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.1133 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2379, 54.4761, 74.0792)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6D9 #D94B48

analogous

#48D993 #48D6D9 #488ED9

triadic

#48D6D9 #D948D6 #D6D948

tetradic

#48D6D9 #9348D9 #D94B48 #8ED948

square

#48D6D9 #9348D9 #D94B48 #8ED948

split-complementary

#48D6D9 #D9488E #D99348

monochromatic

#1D888A #27BABD #48D6D9 #7BE1E4 #ADEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#48D6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6D9

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6D9	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e4',
    500: '#48d6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6d9;
$custom-light: #8ee3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6D9

secondary

#903735

accent

#433FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6D9

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

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