#48DAD4#48DAD4

#48DAD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD4
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -39.28, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 40.16, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1194 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.122 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6221, 56.2695, 71.0475)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD4 #DA484E

analogous

#48DA8B #48DAD4 #4897DA

triadic

#48DAD4 #D448DA #DAD448

tetradic

#48DAD4 #8B48DA #DA484E #97DA48

square

#48DAD4 #8B48DA #DA484E #97DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD4 #DA4897 #DA8B48

monochromatic

#1C8B87 #26BEB8 #48DAD4 #7BE4E0 #AEEFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#48DAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD4

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD4	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6e1',
    500: '#48dad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad4;
$custom-light: #8ee6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.534,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81099,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD4

secondary

#913539

accent

#3F46E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD4

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

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