#48DCB8#48DCB8

#48DCB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.135 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB8
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 184)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 16.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -47.38, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 47.81, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1338 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.135 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9131, 56.0207, 54.2058)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB8 #DC486C

analogous

#48DC6E #48DCB8 #48B6DC

triadic

#48DCB8 #B848DC #DCB848

tetradic

#48DCB8 #6E48DC #DC486C #B6DC48

square

#48DCB8 #6E48DC #DC486C #B6DC48

split-complementary

#48DCB8 #DC48B6 #DC6E48

monochromatic

#1B8E72 #25C29C #48DCB8 #7BE6CC #AFF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#48DCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB8

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB8	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.135 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7cd',
    500: '#48dcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb8;
$custom-light: #8de7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8074,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB8

secondary

#94354C

accent

#3D67EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB8

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

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