#48DABE#48DABE

#48DABE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DABE
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 190)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 12.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -45.05, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 45.12, 176.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1291 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.129 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0336, 55.2341, 57.4147)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DABE #DA4864

analogous

#48DA75 #48DABE #48ADDA

triadic

#48DABE #BE48DA #DABE48

tetradic

#48DABE #7548DA #DA4864 #ADDA48

square

#48DABE #7548DA #DA4864 #ADDA48

split-complementary

#48DABE #DA48AD #DA7548

monochromatic

#1C8B76 #26BEA1 #48DABE #7BE4D0 #AEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#48DABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DABE

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DABE	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6d1',
    500: '#48dabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dabe;
$custom-light: #8de6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80422,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DABE

secondary

#913547

accent

#3F5FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DABE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →