#48DCBA#48DCBA

#48DCBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCBA
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 186)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 15.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -46.90, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 47.20, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1329 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.134 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1242, 56.1051, 55.3177)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCBA #DC486A

analogous

#48DC70 #48DCBA #48B4DC

triadic

#48DCBA #BA48DC #DCBA48

tetradic

#48DCBA #7048DC #DC486A #B4DC48

square

#48DCBA #7048DC #DC486A #B4DC48

split-complementary

#48DCBA #DC48B4 #DC7048

monochromatic

#1B8E74 #25C29E #48DCBA #7BE6CD #AFF0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#48DCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCBA

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCBA	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 174.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCBA

secondary

#94354A

accent

#3D65EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCBA

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

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