#48DCCB#48DCCB

#48DCCB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCCB
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -42.58, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 42.69, 184.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.1253 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.126 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0401, 56.8715, 65.4081)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCCB #DC4859

analogous

#48DC81 #48DCCB #48A3DC

triadic

#48DCCB #CB48DC #DCCB48

tetradic

#48DCCB #8148DC #DC4859 #A3DC48

square

#48DCCB #8148DC #DC4859 #A3DC48

split-complementary

#48DCCB #DC48A3 #DC8148

monochromatic

#1B8E81 #25C2B0 #48DCCB #7BE6DA #AFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#48DCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCCB

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCCB	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7da',
    500: '#48dccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dccb;
$custom-light: #8ee7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.108,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81292,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCCB

secondary

#94353F

accent

#3D51EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCCB

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

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