#48DDCC#48DDCC

#48DDCC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDCC
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 204)
HSL	hsl(173, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -42.76, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 42.87, 184.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.1259 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.126 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4229, 57.4458, 66.1255)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDCC #DD4859

analogous

#48DD81 #48DDCC #48A4DD

triadic

#48DDCC #CC48DD #DDCC48

tetradic

#48DDCC #8148DD #DD4859 #A4DD48

square

#48DDCC #8148DD #DD4859 #A4DD48

split-complementary

#48DDCC #DD48A4 #DD8148

monochromatic

#1B9083 #24C3B1 #48DDCC #7CE7DA #AFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#48DDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDCC

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDCC	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8db',
    500: '#48ddcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddcc;
$custom-light: #8ee8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.154,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81564,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDCC

secondary

#95343F

accent

#3C50EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDCC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →