#48DDC2#48DDC2

#48DDC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDC2
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 194)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -45.34, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 45.37, 177.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1303 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.13 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2618, 56.9813, 60.0105)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDC2 #DD4863

analogous

#48DD78 #48DDC2 #48ADDD

triadic

#48DDC2 #C248DD #DDC248

tetradic

#48DDC2 #7848DD #DD4863 #ADDD48

square

#48DDC2 #7848DD #DD4863 #ADDD48

split-complementary

#48DDC2 #DD48AD #DD7848

monochromatic

#1B907B #24C3A7 #48DDC2 #7CE7D3 #AFF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#48DDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDC2

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDC2	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8d4',
    500: '#48ddc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddc2;
$custom-light: #8de8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.128,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDC2

secondary

#953446

accent

#3C5CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDC2

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

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