#48D9DB#48D9DB

#48D9DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9DB
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -36.88, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 38.86, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1154 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.12 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2658, 56.1133, 75.7129)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9DB #DB4A48

analogous

#48DB93 #48D9DB #4890DB

triadic

#48D9DB #DB48D9 #D9DB48

tetradic

#48D9DB #9348DB #DB4A48 #90DB48

square

#48D9DB #9348DB #DB4A48 #90DB48

split-complementary

#48D9DB #DB4890 #DB9348

monochromatic

#1C8B8D #26BEC0 #48D9DB #7BE4E5 #AEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#48D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9DB

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9DB	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e6',
    500: '#48d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9db;
$custom-light: #8fe5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.816,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9DB

secondary

#923635

accent

#403EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9DB

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

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