#48DDCE#48DDCE

#48DDCE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDCE
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -42.23, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 42.43, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.125 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.126 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6643, 57.5423, 67.3969)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDCE #DD4857

analogous

#48DD84 #48DDCE #48A1DD

triadic

#48DDCE #CE48DD #DDCE48

tetradic

#48DDCE #8448DD #DD4857 #A1DD48

square

#48DDCE #8448DD #DD4857 #A1DD48

split-complementary

#48DDCE #DD48A1 #DD8448

monochromatic

#1B9084 #24C3B3 #48DDCE #7CE7DC #AFF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#48DDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDCE

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDCE	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8dc',
    500: '#48ddce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddce;
$custom-light: #8ee8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.96,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDCE

secondary

#95343E

accent

#3C4EEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDCE

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

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