#48DCC2#48DCC2

#48DCC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC2
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 194)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -44.90, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 44.93, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.1293 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.129 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9986, 56.4549, 59.9227)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC2 #DC4862

analogous

#48DC78 #48DCC2 #48ACDC

triadic

#48DCC2 #C248DC #DCC248

tetradic

#48DCC2 #7848DC #DC4862 #ACDC48

square

#48DCC2 #7848DC #DC4862 #ACDC48

split-complementary

#48DCC2 #DC48AC #DC7848

monochromatic

#1B8E7A #25C2A6 #48DCC2 #7BE6D3 #AFF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#48DCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC2

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC2	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d4',
    500: '#48dcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc2;
$custom-light: #8de7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81023,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC2

secondary

#943545

accent

#3D5CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC2

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

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