#48DAD2#48DAD2

#48DAD2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.122 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD2
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 210)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -39.82, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 40.50, 190.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.1203 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.122 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3714, 56.1692, 69.7270)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD2 #DA4850

analogous

#48DA89 #48DAD2 #4899DA

triadic

#48DAD2 #D248DA #DAD248

tetradic

#48DAD2 #8948DA #DA4850 #99DA48

square

#48DAD2 #8948DA #DA4850 #99DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD2 #DA4899 #DA8948

monochromatic

#1C8B85 #26BEB6 #48DAD2 #7BE4DF #AEEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#48DAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD2

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD2	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.122 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6df',
    500: '#48dad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad2;
$custom-light: #8ee6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.712,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81034,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD2

secondary

#91353A

accent

#3F48E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD2

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

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