#48DCC3#48DCC3

#48DCC3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC3
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 195)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -44.65, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 44.66, 178.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.1289 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.129 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1113, 56.4999, 60.5162)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC3 #DC4861

analogous

#48DC79 #48DCC3 #48ABDC

triadic

#48DCC3 #C348DC #DCC348

tetradic

#48DCC3 #7948DC #DC4861 #ABDC48

square

#48DCC3 #7948DC #DC4861 #ABDC48

split-complementary

#48DCC3 #DC48AB #DC7948

monochromatic

#1B8E7B #25C2A7 #48DCC3 #7BE6D4 #AFF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#48DCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC3

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC3	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d5',
    500: '#48dcc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc3;
$custom-light: #8de7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.865,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81052,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC3

secondary

#943545

accent

#3D5AEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC3

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

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