#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
RGBrgb(72, 215, 198)
HSLhsl(173, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(173, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(78.49, -41.68, -2.76)
CIE-LCHlch(78.49, 41.77, 183.78°)
OKLaboklab(79.93% -0.1225 -0.0081)
OKLCHoklch(79.93% 0.123 183.8)
XYZxyz(37.1612, 54.0516, 61.8897)
Luminance0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D7C61.001.7811.8111.81
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8121.001.001.00
##00000011.8121.001.001.00

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

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#48D7C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva