#48DDB9#48DDB9

#48DDB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.135 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDB9
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -47.56, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 47.98, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1344 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.135 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2815, 56.5892, 54.8475)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDB9 #DD486C

analogous

#48DD6E #48DDB9 #48B7DD

triadic

#48DDB9 #B948DD #DDB948

tetradic

#48DDB9 #6E48DD #DD486C #B7DD48

square

#48DDB9 #6E48DD #DD486C #B7DD48

split-complementary

#48DDB9 #DD48B7 #DD6E48

monochromatic

#1B9074 #24C39D #48DDB9 #7CE7CD #AFF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#48DDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDB9

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDB9	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CFB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.135 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8ce',
    500: '#48ddb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddb9;
$custom-light: #8de8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.503,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDB9

secondary

#95344C

accent

#3C67EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDB9

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

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