#48DAD5#48DAD5

#48DAD5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.121 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD5
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -39.00, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 39.99, 192.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.119 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.122 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7487, 56.3201, 71.7139)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD5 #DA484D

analogous

#48DA8C #48DAD5 #4896DA

triadic

#48DAD5 #D548DA #DAD548

tetradic

#48DAD5 #8C48DA #DA484D #96DA48

square

#48DAD5 #8C48DA #DA484D #96DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD5 #DA4896 #DA8C48

monochromatic

#1C8B88 #26BEB9 #48DAD5 #7BE4E1 #AEEFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#48DAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD5

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD5	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.121 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6e1',
    500: '#48dad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad5;
$custom-light: #8ee6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.945,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81132,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD5

secondary

#913538

accent

#3F44E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD5

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

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