#48DAD8#48DAD8

#48DAD8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.121 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD8
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -38.18, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 39.55, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1177 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.121 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1330, 56.4738, 73.7379)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD8 #DA484A

analogous

#48DA8F #48DAD8 #4893DA

triadic

#48DAD8 #D848DA #DAD848

tetradic

#48DAD8 #8F48DA #DA484A #93DA48

square

#48DAD8 #8F48DA #DA484A #93DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD8 #DA4893 #DA8F48

monochromatic

#1C8B8A #26BEBC #48DAD8 #7BE4E3 #AEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#48DAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD8

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD8	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.121 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6e4',
    500: '#48dad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad8;
$custom-light: #8ee6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD8

secondary

#913536

accent

#3F41E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD8

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

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