#48DCB4#48DCB4

#48DCB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB4
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 180)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 18.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -48.34, 8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 49.06, 170.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1357 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.137 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4997, 55.8553, 52.0287)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB4 #DC4870

analogous

#48DC6A #48DCB4 #48BADC

triadic

#48DCB4 #B448DC #DCB448

tetradic

#48DCB4 #6A48DC #DC4870 #BADC48

square

#48DCB4 #6A48DC #DC4870 #BADC48

split-complementary

#48DCB4 #DC48BA #DC6A48

monochromatic

#1B8E6F #25C297 #48DCB4 #7BE6C9 #AFF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#48DCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB4

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB4	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8ca',
    500: '#48dcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb4;
$custom-light: #8de8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.784,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80632,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB4

secondary

#94354E

accent

#3D6CEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB4

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

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