#48DCC6#48DCC6

#48DCC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48DCC6
RGBrgb(72, 220, 198)
HSLhsl(171, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.97, -43.88, -0.58)
CIE-LCHlch(79.97, 43.89, 180.76°)
OKLaboklab(81.14% -0.1275 -0.0023)
OKLCHoklch(81.14% 0.128 181)
XYZxyz(38.4539, 56.6370, 62.3205)
Luminance0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48DCC6 #DC485E
analogous
#48DC7C #48DCC6 #48A8DC
triadic
#48DCC6 #C648DC #DCC648
tetradic
#48DCC6 #7C48DC #DC485E #A8DC48
square
#48DCC6 #7C48DC #DC485E #A8DC48
split-complementary
#48DCC6 #DC48A8 #DC7C48
monochromatic
#1B8E7D #25C2AA #48DCC6 #7BE6D6 #AFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#48DCC6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33
#48DCC6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC6
12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48DCC6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48DCC61.001.7012.3312.33
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3321.001.001.00
##00000012.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2CFC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDC0C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48dcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 181.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d7',
    500: '#48dcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48dcc6;
$custom-light: #8de7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48dcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.56641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48DCC6
secondary
#943543
accent
#3D57EB
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1614
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#48DCC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva