#48DCD9#48DCD9

#48DCD9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCD9
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -38.81, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 40.07, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1192 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.122 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7844, 57.5692, 74.5947)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCD9 #DC484B

analogous

#48DC8F #48DCD9 #4895DC

triadic

#48DCD9 #D948DC #DCD948

tetradic

#48DCD9 #8F48DC #DC484B #95DC48

square

#48DCD9 #8F48DC #DC484B #95DC48

split-complementary

#48DCD9 #DC4895 #DC8F48

monochromatic

#1B8E8C #25C2BF #48DCD9 #7BE6E4 #AFF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#48DCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCD9

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCD9	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe7e4',
    500: '#48dcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcd9;
$custom-light: #8fe7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.784,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCD9

secondary

#943536

accent

#3D41EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCD9

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

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