#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
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -37.34, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 39.16, 197.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.1164 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.121 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5243, 56.6303, 75.7991)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48DADB	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48DADB

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

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