#48DCC5#48DCC5

#48DCC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC5
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 197)
HSL	hsl(171, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -44.14, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 44.14, 180.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.128 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.128 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3389, 56.5910, 61.7151)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC5 #DC485F

analogous

#48DC7B #48DCC5 #48A9DC

triadic

#48DCC5 #C548DC #DCC548

tetradic

#48DCC5 #7B48DC #DC485F #A9DC48

square

#48DCC5 #7B48DC #DC485F #A9DC48

split-complementary

#48DCC5 #DC48A9 #DC7B48

monochromatic

#1B8E7C #25C2A9 #48DCC5 #7BE6D5 #AFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#48DCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC5

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC5	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d6',
    500: '#48dcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc5;
$custom-light: #8de7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.676,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81111,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC5

secondary

#943543

accent

#3D58EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC5

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

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