#48DEC2#48DEC2

#48DEC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEC2
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 194)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -45.77, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 45.82, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.1313 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.131 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5266, 57.5109, 60.0988)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEC2 #DE4864

analogous

#48DE77 #48DEC2 #48AFDE

triadic

#48DEC2 #C248DE #DEC248

tetradic

#48DEC2 #7748DE #DE4864 #AFDE48

square

#48DEC2 #7748DE #DE4864 #AFDE48

split-complementary

#48DEC2 #DE48AF #DE7748

monochromatic

#1A917B #24C5A7 #48DEC2 #7CE7D3 #B0F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#48DEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEC2

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEC2	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9d4',
    500: '#48dec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dec2;
$custom-light: #8de9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81507,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEC2

secondary

#963446

accent

#3C5DEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEC2

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

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