#48D7C6#48D7C6

#48D7C6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7C6
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 198)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -41.68, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 41.77, 183.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.1225 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.123 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1612, 54.0516, 61.8897)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7C6 #D74859

analogous

#48D77F #48D7C6 #48A1D7

triadic

#48D7C6 #C648D7 #D7C648

tetradic

#48D7C6 #7F48D7 #D74859 #A1D748

square

#48D7C6 #7F48D7 #D74859 #A1D748

split-complementary

#48D7C6 #D748A1 #D77F48

monochromatic

#1E877B #29B9A8 #48D7C6 #7AE2D6 #ACEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D7C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#48D7C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7C6

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7C6	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCBC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4d7',
    500: '#48d7c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7c6;
$custom-light: #8de4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.867,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79933,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7C6

secondary

#8D3640

accent

#4154E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7C6

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

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