#48DDC6#48DDC6

#48DDC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDC6
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 10.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -44.32, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 44.32, 180.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1285 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.129 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7171, 57.1634, 62.4083)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDC6 #DD485F

analogous

#48DD7B #48DDC6 #48AADD

triadic

#48DDC6 #C648DD #DDC648

tetradic

#48DDC6 #7B48DD #DD485F #AADD48

square

#48DDC6 #7B48DD #DD485F #AADD48

split-complementary

#48DDC6 #DD48AA #DD7B48

monochromatic

#1B907E #24C3AB #48DDC6 #7CE7D6 #AFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#48DDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDC6

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDC6	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8d7',
    500: '#48ddc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddc6;
$custom-light: #8ee8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.738,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81382,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDC6

secondary

#953443

accent

#3C57EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDC6

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

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