#48DADA#48DADA

#48DADA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.121 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DADA
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -37.62, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 39.28, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1168 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.121 195)
XYZ	xyz(40.3931, 56.5778, 75.1079)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DADA #DA4848

analogous

#48DA91 #48DADA #4891DA

triadic

#48DADA #DA48DA #DADA48

tetradic

#48DADA #9148DA #DA4848 #91DA48

square

#48DADA #9148DA #DA4848 #91DA48

split-complementary

#48DADA #DA4891 #DA9148

monochromatic

#1C8B8B #26BEBE #48DADA #7BE4E4 #AEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#48DADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DADA

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DADA	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.121 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e5',
    500: '#48dada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dada;
$custom-light: #8fe6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.56582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DADA

secondary

#913535

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DADA

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

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