#48DCC6#48DCC6

#48DCC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC6
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -43.88, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 43.89, 180.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1275 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.128 181)
XYZ	xyz(38.4539, 56.6370, 62.3205)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC6 #DC485E

analogous

#48DC7C #48DCC6 #48A8DC

triadic

#48DCC6 #C648DC #DCC648

tetradic

#48DCC6 #7C48DC #DC485E #A8DC48

square

#48DCC6 #7C48DC #DC485E #A8DC48

split-complementary

#48DCC6 #DC48A8 #DC7C48

monochromatic

#1B8E7D #25C2AA #48DCC6 #7BE6D6 #AFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#48DCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC6

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC6	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d7',
    500: '#48dcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc6;
$custom-light: #8de7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.56641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC6

secondary

#943543

accent

#3D57EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC6

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

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