#48DCC4#48DCC4

#48DCC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC4
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 196)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -44.39, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 44.40, 179.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1284 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.128 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2247, 56.5453, 61.1137)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC4 #DC4860

analogous

#48DC7A #48DCC4 #48AADC

triadic

#48DCC4 #C448DC #DCC448

tetradic

#48DCC4 #7A48DC #DC4860 #AADC48

square

#48DCC4 #7A48DC #DC4860 #AADC48

split-complementary

#48DCC4 #DC48AA #DC7A48

monochromatic

#1B8E7C #25C2A8 #48DCC4 #7BE6D5 #AFF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#48DCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC4

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC4	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d5',
    500: '#48dcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc4;
$custom-light: #8de7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81082,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC4

secondary

#943544

accent

#3D59EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC4

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

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