#48D6DB#48D6DB

#48D6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.119 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6DB
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -35.49, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 37.99, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1125 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.119 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4996, 54.5808, 75.4575)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6DB #DB4D48

analogous

#48DB97 #48D6DB #488DDB

triadic

#48D6DB #DB48D6 #D6DB48

tetradic

#48D6DB #9748DB #DB4D48 #8DDB48

square

#48D6DB #9748DB #DB4D48 #8DDB48

split-complementary

#48D6DB #DB488D #DB9748

monochromatic

#1C898D #26BBC0 #48D6DB #7BE1E5 #AEEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#48D6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6DB

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6DB	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.119 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee3e6',
    500: '#48d6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6db;
$custom-light: #8ee3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6DB

secondary

#923835

accent

#443EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6DB

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

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