#48DCB9#48DCB9

#48DCB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCB9
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 15.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -47.14, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 47.50, 172.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1334 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.134 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0183, 56.0627, 54.7598)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCB9 #DC486B

analogous

#48DC6F #48DCB9 #48B5DC

triadic

#48DCB9 #B948DC #DCB948

tetradic

#48DCB9 #6F48DC #DC486B #B5DC48

square

#48DCB9 #6F48DC #DC486B #B5DC48

split-complementary

#48DCB9 #DC48B5 #DC6F48

monochromatic

#1B8E73 #25C29D #48DCB9 #7BE6CD #AFF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#48DCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCB9

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCB9	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)

#D5CEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7ce',
    500: '#48dcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcb9;
$custom-light: #8de7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.811,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCB9

secondary

#94354B

accent

#3D66EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCB9

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

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