#48DDD3#48DDD3

#48DDD3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.124 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDD3
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 211)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -40.90, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 41.42, 189.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.1228 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.124 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2814, 57.7892, 70.6469)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDD3 #DD4852

analogous

#48DD88 #48DDD3 #489DDD

triadic

#48DDD3 #D348DD #DDD348

tetradic

#48DDD3 #8848DD #DD4852 #9DDD48

square

#48DDD3 #8848DD #DD4852 #9DDD48

split-complementary

#48DDD3 #DD489D #DD8848

monochromatic

#1B9088 #24C3B9 #48DDD3 #7CE7DF #AFF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#48DDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDD3

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDD3	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.124 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee8e0',
    500: '#48ddd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddd3;
$custom-light: #8ee8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.973,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81783,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDD3

secondary

#95343B

accent

#3C48EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDD3

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

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