#48D7DB#48D7DB

#48D7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7DB
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -35.96, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 38.27, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1135 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.119 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7534, 55.0885, 75.5421)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7DB #DB4C48

analogous

#48DB96 #48D7DB #488DDB

triadic

#48D7DB #DB48D7 #D7DB48

tetradic

#48D7DB #9648DB #DB4C48 #8DDB48

square

#48D7DB #9648DB #DB4C48 #8DDB48

split-complementary

#48D7DB #DB488D #DB9648

monochromatic

#1C8A8D #26BCC0 #48D7DB #7BE2E5 #AEEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#48D7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7DB

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7DB	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e6',
    500: '#48d7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7db;
$custom-light: #8ee4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.633,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7DB

secondary

#923735

accent

#423EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7DB

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

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