#48DADD#48DADD

#48DADD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DADD
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -36.78, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 38.94, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1156 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.121 197)
XYZ	xyz(40.7892, 56.7363, 77.1941)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DADD #DD4B48

analogous

#48DD95 #48DADD #4890DD

triadic

#48DADD #DD48DA #DADD48

tetradic

#48DADD #9548DD #DD4B48 #90DD48

square

#48DADD #9548DD #DD4B48 #90DD48

split-complementary

#48DADD #DD4890 #DD9548

monochromatic

#1B8E90 #24C0C3 #48DADD #7CE4E7 #AFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#48DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DADD

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DADD	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e7',
    500: '#48dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dadd;
$custom-light: #8fe6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.208,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81401,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.56741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DADD

secondary

#953634

accent

#403CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DADD

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

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