#48DACE#48DACE

#48DACE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.123 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DACE
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -40.90, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 41.25, 187.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.122 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.123 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8793, 55.9723, 67.1353)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DACE #DA4854

analogous

#48DA85 #48DACE #489DDA

triadic

#48DACE #CE48DA #DACE48

tetradic

#48DACE #8548DA #DA4854 #9DDA48

square

#48DACE #8548DA #DA4854 #9DDA48

split-complementary

#48DACE #DA489D #DA8548

monochromatic

#1C8B82 #26BEB2 #48DACE #7BE4DC #AEEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#48DACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DACE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DACE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.123 187.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.068,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80905,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DACE

secondary

#91353D

accent

#3F4DE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DACE

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

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