#48DCBF#48DCBF

#48DCBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCBF
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 191)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -45.66, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 45.75, 176.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.1307 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.131 177)
XYZ	xyz(37.6651, 56.3215, 58.1662)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCBF #DC4865

analogous

#48DC75 #48DCBF #48AFDC

triadic

#48DCBF #BF48DC #DCBF48

tetradic

#48DCBF #7548DC #DC4865 #AFDC48

square

#48DCBF #7548DC #DC4865 #AFDC48

split-complementary

#48DCBF #DC48AF #DC7548

monochromatic

#1B8E78 #25C2A3 #48DCBF #7BE6D1 #AFF0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#48DCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCBF

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCBF	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d2',
    500: '#48dcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcbf;
$custom-light: #8de7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.243,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80936,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.56326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCBF

secondary

#943547

accent

#3D5FEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCBF

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

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