#48DDCB#48DDCB

#48DDCB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDCB
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 8.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -43.02, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 43.10, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.1263 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.127 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3033, 57.3979, 65.4959)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDCB #DD485A

analogous

#48DD81 #48DDCB #48A4DD

triadic

#48DDCB #CB48DD #DDCB48

tetradic

#48DDCB #8148DD #DD485A #A4DD48

square

#48DDCB #8148DD #DD485A #A4DD48

split-complementary

#48DDCB #DD48A4 #DD8148

monochromatic

#1B9082 #24C3B0 #48DDCB #7CE7DA #AFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#48DDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDCB

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDCB	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8da',
    500: '#48ddcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddcb;
$custom-light: #8ee8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.752,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81533,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDCB

secondary

#953440

accent

#3C51EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDCB

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

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