#48D4DB#48D4DB

#48D4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4DB
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -34.56, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 37.44, 202.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1105 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9965, 53.5747, 75.2898)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4DB #DB4F48

analogous

#48DB99 #48D4DB #488BDB

triadic

#48D4DB #DB48D4 #D4DB48

tetradic

#48D4DB #9948DB #DB4F48 #8BDB48

square

#48D4DB #9948DB #DB4F48 #8BDB48

split-complementary

#48D4DB #DB488B #DB9948

monochromatic

#1C878D #26B9C0 #48D4DB #7BE0E5 #AEECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#48D4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4DB

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4DB	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e6',
    500: '#48d4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4db;
$custom-light: #8ee1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79908,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4DB

secondary

#923935

accent

#463EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4DB

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

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