#48DDCF#48DDCF

#48DDCF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDCF
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 207)
HSL	hsl(174, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -41.97, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 42.22, 186.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1245 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.125 186)
XYZ	xyz(39.7862, 57.5911, 68.0387)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDCF #DD4856

analogous

#48DD84 #48DDCF #48A1DD

triadic

#48DDCF #CF48DD #DDCF48

tetradic

#48DDCF #8448DD #DD4856 #A1DD48

square

#48DDCF #8448DD #DD4856 #A1DD48

split-complementary

#48DDCF #DD48A1 #DD8448

monochromatic

#1B9085 #24C3B5 #48DDCF #7CE7DD #AFF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#48DDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDCF

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDCF	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8dd',
    500: '#48ddcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddcf;
$custom-light: #8ee8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.362,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.57596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDCF

secondary

#95343D

accent

#3C4DEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDCF

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

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