#48DCB5#48DCB5

#48DCB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB5
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 17.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -48.11, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 48.74, 170.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1352 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.137 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6019, 55.8962, 52.5672)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB5 #DC486F

analogous

#48DC6B #48DCB5 #48B9DC

triadic

#48DCB5 #B548DC #DCB548

tetradic

#48DCB5 #6B48DC #DC486F #B9DC48

square

#48DCB5 #6B48DC #DC486F #B9DC48

split-complementary

#48DCB5 #DC48B9 #DC6B48

monochromatic

#1B8E70 #25C298 #48DCB5 #7BE6CA #AFF0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#48DCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB5

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB5	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8cb',
    500: '#48dcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb5;
$custom-light: #8de8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.189,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80659,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB5

secondary

#94354E

accent

#3D6BEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB5

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

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