#48D9DA#48D9DA

#48D9DA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9DA
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -37.16, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.97, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1158 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.12 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1346, 56.0608, 75.0217)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9DA #DA4948

analogous

#48DA92 #48D9DA #4890DA

triadic

#48D9DA #DA48D9 #D9DA48

tetradic

#48D9DA #9248DA #DA4948 #90DA48

square

#48D9DA #9248DA #DA4948 #90DA48

split-complementary

#48D9DA #DA4890 #DA9248

monochromatic

#1C8B8B #26BDBE #48D9DA #7BE4E4 #AEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#48D9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9DA

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9DA	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e5',
    500: '#48d9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9da;
$custom-light: #8fe5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.411,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81061,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9DA

secondary

#913635

accent

#403FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9DA

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

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