#48DEC6#48DEC6

#48DEC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEC6
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(170, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -44.75, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 44.75, 179.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.1295 0)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.13 180)
XYZ	xyz(38.9819, 57.6931, 62.4966)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEC6 #DE4860

analogous

#48DE7B #48DEC6 #48ABDE

triadic

#48DEC6 #C648DE #DEC648

tetradic

#48DEC6 #7B48DE #DE4860 #ABDE48

square

#48DEC6 #7B48DE #DE4860 #ABDE48

split-complementary

#48DEC6 #DE48AB #DE7B48

monochromatic

#1A917E #24C5AB #48DEC6 #7CE7D6 #B0F1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#48DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEC6

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEC6	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee9d7',
    500: '#48dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dec6;
$custom-light: #8ee9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81624,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.57697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEC6

secondary

#963444

accent

#3C58EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEC6

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

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