#48D8DB#48D8DB

#48D8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DB
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -36.42, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 38.56, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.1144 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.12 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0088, 55.5993, 75.6273)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DB #DB4B48

analogous

#48DB94 #48D8DB #488FDB

triadic

#48D8DB #DB48D8 #D8DB48

tetradic

#48D8DB #9448DB #DB4B48 #8FDB48

square

#48D8DB #9448DB #DB4B48 #8FDB48

split-complementary

#48D8DB #DB488F #DB9448

monochromatic

#1C8B8D #26BDC0 #48D8DB #7BE3E5 #AEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#48D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DB

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DB	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e6',
    500: '#48d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8db;
$custom-light: #8ee4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80857,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DB

secondary

#923735

accent

#413EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DB

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

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