#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
RGBrgb(72, 217, 219)
HSLhsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(79.68, -36.88, -12.23)
CIE-LCHlch(79.68, 38.86, 198.34°)
OKLaboklab(81.1% -0.1154 -0.0339)
OKLCHoklch(81.1% 0.12 196.4)
XYZxyz(40.2658, 56.1133, 75.7129)
Luminance0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D9DB1.001.7212.2212.22
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2221.001.001.00
##00000012.2221.001.001.00

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

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#48D9DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva