#48DCB3#48DCB3

#48DCB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB3
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 179)
HSL	hsl(163, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -48.58, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 49.38, 169.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1361 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.138 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3982, 55.8147, 51.4941)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB3 #DC4871

analogous

#48DC69 #48DCB3 #48BBDC

triadic

#48DCB3 #B348DC #DCB348

tetradic

#48DCB3 #6948DC #DC4871 #BBDC48

square

#48DCB3 #6948DC #DC4871 #BBDC48

split-complementary

#48DCB3 #DC48BB #DC6948

monochromatic

#1B8E6E #25C296 #48DCB3 #7BE6C8 #AFF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#48DCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB3

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB3	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c9',
    500: '#48dcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb3;
$custom-light: #8ce8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.378,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80605,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB3

secondary

#94354F

accent

#3D6DEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB3

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

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