#48DACD#48DACD

#48DACD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.123 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DACD
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -41.17, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 41.46, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.1224 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.123 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7582, 55.9239, 66.4975)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DACD #DA4855

analogous

#48DA84 #48DACD #489EDA

triadic

#48DACD #CD48DA #DACD48

tetradic

#48DACD #8448DA #DA4855 #9EDA48

square

#48DACD #8448DA #DA4855 #9EDA48

split-complementary

#48DACD #DA489E #DA8448

monochromatic

#1C8B82 #26BEB1 #48DACD #7BE4DB #AEEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48DACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DACD

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DACD	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.123 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6dc',
    500: '#48dacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dacd;
$custom-light: #8ee6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.658,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DACD

secondary

#91353D

accent

#3F4EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DACD

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

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