#48DDC9#48DDC9

#48DDC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDC9
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -43.54, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 43.57, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1272 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.127 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0665, 57.3032, 64.2487)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDC9 #DD485C

analogous

#48DD7E #48DDC9 #48A7DD

triadic

#48DDC9 #C948DD #DDC948

tetradic

#48DDC9 #7E48DD #DD485C #A7DD48

square

#48DDC9 #7E48DD #DD485C #A7DD48

split-complementary

#48DDC9 #DD48A7 #DD7E48

monochromatic

#1B9080 #24C3AE #48DDC9 #7CE7D8 #AFF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#48DDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDC9

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDC9	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8d9',
    500: '#48ddc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddc9;
$custom-light: #8ee8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.946,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81472,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDC9

secondary

#953441

accent

#3C54EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDC9

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

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