#48DAD3#48DAD3

#48DAD3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD3
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 211)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -39.55, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 40.32, 191.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1198 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.122 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4964, 56.2192, 70.3852)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD3 #DA484F

analogous

#48DA8A #48DAD3 #4898DA

triadic

#48DAD3 #D348DA #DAD348

tetradic

#48DAD3 #8A48DA #DA484F #98DA48

square

#48DAD3 #8A48DA #DA484F #98DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD3 #DA4898 #DA8A48

monochromatic

#1C8B86 #26BEB7 #48DAD3 #7BE4DF #AEEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#48DAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD3

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD3	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6e0',
    500: '#48dad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad3;
$custom-light: #8ee6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.123,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81066,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD3

secondary

#913539

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD3

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

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