#48DADF#48DADF

#48DADF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DADF
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 223)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -36.22, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 38.74, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1147 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0573, 56.8435, 78.6058)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DADF #DF4D48

analogous

#48DF99 #48DADF #488EDF

triadic

#48DADF #DF48DA #DADF48

tetradic

#48DADF #9948DF #DF4D48 #8EDF48

square

#48DADF #9948DF #DF4D48 #8EDF48

split-complementary

#48DADF #DF488E #DF9948

monochromatic

#1A8F93 #23C2C7 #48DADF #7CE5E8 #B0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#48DADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DADF

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DADF	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dadf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e9',
    500: '#48dadf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dadf;
$custom-light: #8fe6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dadf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.987,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8147,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DADF

secondary

#983734

accent

#413BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DADF

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

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