#48DAD0#48DAD0

#48DAD0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.122 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD0
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 208)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -40.36, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 40.86, 188.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.1211 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.122 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1238, 56.0701, 68.4230)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD0 #DA4852

analogous

#48DA87 #48DAD0 #489BDA

triadic

#48DAD0 #D048DA #DAD048

tetradic

#48DAD0 #8748DA #DA4852 #9BDA48

square

#48DAD0 #8748DA #DA4852 #9BDA48

split-complementary

#48DAD0 #DA489B #DA8748

monochromatic

#1C8B84 #26BEB4 #48DAD0 #7BE4DD #AEEFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#48DAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD0

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD0	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)

#CECFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.122 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6de',
    500: '#48dad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad0;
$custom-light: #8ee6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD0

secondary

#91353B

accent

#3F4AE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD0

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

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