#48DCB6#48DCB6

#48DCB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.136 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB6
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 182)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -47.87, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 48.43, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1347 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.136 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7049, 55.9374, 53.1095)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB6 #DC486E

analogous

#48DC6C #48DCB6 #48B8DC

triadic

#48DCB6 #B648DC #DCB648

tetradic

#48DCB6 #6C48DC #DC486E #B8DC48

square

#48DCB6 #6C48DC #DC486E #B8DC48

split-complementary

#48DCB6 #DC48B8 #DC6C48

monochromatic

#1B8E71 #25C29A #48DCB6 #7BE6CA #AFF0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48DCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB6

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB6	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.136 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8cb',
    500: '#48dcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb6;
$custom-light: #8de8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.595,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80686,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB6

secondary

#94354D

accent

#3D6AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB6

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

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