#48DCC8#48DCC8

#48DCC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.127 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC8
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -43.37, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 43.39, 182.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1267 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.127 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6861, 56.7299, 63.5435)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC8 #DC485C

analogous

#48DC7E #48DCC8 #48A6DC

triadic

#48DCC8 #C848DC #DCC848

tetradic

#48DCC8 #7E48DC #DC485C #A6DC48

square

#48DCC8 #7E48DC #DC485C #A6DC48

split-complementary

#48DCC8 #DC48A6 #DC7E48

monochromatic

#1B8E7F #25C2AD #48DCC8 #7BE6D7 #AFF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#48DCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC8

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC8	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.127 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7d8',
    500: '#48dcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc8;
$custom-light: #8ee7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81201,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC8

secondary

#943541

accent

#3D55EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC8

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

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