#48D6DA#48D6DA

#48D6DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6DA
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -35.77, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 38.08, 200.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1129 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.119 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3683, 54.5283, 74.7663)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6DA #DA4C48

analogous

#48DA95 #48D6DA #488DDA

triadic

#48D6DA #DA48D6 #D6DA48

tetradic

#48D6DA #9548DA #DA4C48 #8DDA48

square

#48D6DA #9548DA #DA4C48 #8DDA48

split-complementary

#48D6DA #DA488D #DA9548

monochromatic

#1C888B #26BABE #48D6DA #7BE1E4 #AEEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#48D6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6DA

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6DA	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e5',
    500: '#48d6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6da;
$custom-light: #8ee3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6DA

secondary

#913835

accent

#433FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6DA

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

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