#48DAD9#48DAD9

#48DAD9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.121 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAD9
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -37.90, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 39.41, 195.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1173 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.121 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2626, 56.5257, 74.4208)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAD9 #DA4849

analogous

#48DA90 #48DAD9 #4892DA

triadic

#48DAD9 #D948DA #DAD948

tetradic

#48DAD9 #9048DA #DA4849 #92DA48

square

#48DAD9 #9048DA #DA4849 #92DA48

split-complementary

#48DAD9 #DA4892 #DA9048

monochromatic

#1C8B8B #26BEBD #48DAD9 #7BE4E4 #AEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#48DAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAD9

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAD9	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.121 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e4',
    500: '#48dad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dad9;
$custom-light: #8fe6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.589,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAD9

secondary

#913536

accent

#3F40E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAD9

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

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