#48DADB#48DADB

#48DADB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.121 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48DADB
RGBrgb(72, 218, 219)
HSLhsl(180, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(180, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(79.97, -37.34, -11.79)
CIE-LCHlch(79.97, 39.16, 197.52°)
OKLaboklab(81.33% -0.1164 -0.0327)
OKLCHoklch(81.33% 0.121 195.7)
XYZxyz(40.5243, 56.6303, 75.7991)
Luminance0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48DADB #DB4948
analogous
#48DB93 #48DADB #4891DB
triadic
#48DADB #DB48DA #DADB48
tetradic
#48DADB #9348DB #DB4948 #91DB48
square
#48DADB #9348DB #DB4948 #91DB48
split-complementary
#48DADB #DB4891 #DB9348
monochromatic
#1C8C8D #26BFC0 #48DADB #7BE4E5 #AEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#48DADB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33
#48DADB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DADB
12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48DADB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48DADB1.001.7012.3312.33
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3321.001.001.00
##00000012.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCD0DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6BFDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48dadb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.121 195.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e6',
    500: '#48dadb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48dadb;
$custom-light: #8fe6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48dadb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.408,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48DADB
secondary
#923535
accent
#3F3EEA
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48DADB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva