#48DCC9#48DCC9

#48DCC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCC9
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -43.11, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 43.15, 182.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1262 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.126 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8033, 56.7768, 64.1610)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCC9 #DC485B

analogous

#48DC7F #48DCC9 #48A5DC

triadic

#48DCC9 #C948DC #DCC948

tetradic

#48DCC9 #7F48DC #DC485B #A5DC48

square

#48DCC9 #7F48DC #DC485B #A5DC48

split-complementary

#48DCC9 #DC48A5 #DC7F48

monochromatic

#1B8E80 #25C2AE #48DCC9 #7BE6D8 #AFF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#48DCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCC9

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCC9	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7d9',
    500: '#48dcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcc9;
$custom-light: #8ee7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.297,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCC9

secondary

#943541

accent

#3D53EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCC9

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

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