#48DEC0#48DEC0

#48DEC0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEC0
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 192)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 13.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -46.27, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 46.38, 175.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1322 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.132 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3035, 57.4217, 58.9238)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEC0 #DE4866

analogous

#48DE75 #48DEC0 #48B1DE

triadic

#48DEC0 #C048DE #DEC048

tetradic

#48DEC0 #7548DE #DE4866 #B1DE48

square

#48DEC0 #7548DE #DE4866 #B1DE48

split-complementary

#48DEC0 #DE48B1 #DE7548

monochromatic

#1A917A #24C5A5 #48DEC0 #7CE7D2 #B0F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#48DEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEC0

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEC0	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)

#D6D0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9d3',
    500: '#48dec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dec0;
$custom-light: #8de9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8145,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEC0

secondary

#963448

accent

#3C5FEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEC0

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

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