#48DDB4#48DDB4

#48DDB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDB4
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 180)
HSL	hsl(163, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 18.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -48.76, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 49.55, 169.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.1367 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.138 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7629, 56.3818, 52.1165)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDB4 #DD4871

analogous

#48DD69 #48DDB4 #48BCDD

triadic

#48DDB4 #B448DD #DDB448

tetradic

#48DDB4 #6948DD #DD4871 #BCDD48

square

#48DDB4 #6948DD #DD4871 #BCDD48

split-complementary

#48DDB4 #DD48BC #DD6948

monochromatic

#1B9070 #24C398 #48DDB4 #7CE7C9 #AFF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#48DDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDB4

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDB4	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8ca',
    500: '#48ddb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddb4;
$custom-light: #8de8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.49,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80877,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDB4

secondary

#95344F

accent

#3C6DEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDB4

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

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