#48D2DB#48D2DB

#48D2DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D2DB
RGB	rgb(72, 210, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -33.61, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 36.93, 204.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1085 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.117 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4997, 52.5810, 75.1242)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D2DB #DB5148

analogous

#48DB9A #48D2DB #4889DB

triadic

#48D2DB #DB48D2 #D2DB48

tetradic

#48D2DB #9A48DB #DB5148 #89DB48

square

#48D2DB #9A48DB #DB5148 #89DB48

split-complementary

#48D2DB #DB4889 #DB9A48

monochromatic

#1C868D #26B7C0 #48D2DB #7BDFE5 #AEEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#48D2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D2DB

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D2DB	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 210, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee0e6',
    500: '#48d2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d2db;
$custom-light: #8ee0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79434,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D2DB

secondary

#923B35

accent

#483EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D2DB

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

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