#48DDC5#48DDC5

#48DDC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDC5
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 197)
HSL	hsl(170, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -44.57, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 44.58, 179.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.129 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.129 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6021, 57.1175, 61.8028)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDC5 #DD4860

analogous

#48DD7B #48DDC5 #48AADD

triadic

#48DDC5 #C548DD #DDC548

tetradic

#48DDC5 #7B48DD #DD4860 #AADD48

square

#48DDC5 #7B48DD #DD4860 #AADD48

split-complementary

#48DDC5 #DD48AA #DD7B48

monochromatic

#1B907D #24C3AA #48DDC5 #7CE7D5 #AFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#48DDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDC5

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDC5	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8d6',
    500: '#48ddc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddc5;
$custom-light: #8ee8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.336,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81353,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDC5

secondary

#953444

accent

#3C59EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDC5

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

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