#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
RGBrgb(72, 221, 201)
HSLhsl(172, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(172, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 0%, 9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.35, -43.54, -1.63)
CIE-LCHlch(80.35, 43.57, 182.14°)
OKLaboklab(81.47% -0.1272 -0.0051)
OKLCHoklch(81.47% 0.127 182.3)
XYZxyz(39.0665, 57.3032, 64.2487)
Luminance0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##48DDC91.001.6912.4612.46
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4621.001.001.00
##00000012.4621.001.001.00

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

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#48DDC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva