#48DBAD#48DBAD

#48DBAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBAD
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 21%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -49.57, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 50.86, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.1379 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.141 168)
XYZ	xyz(35.5429, 55.0539, 48.2804)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBAD #DB4876

analogous

#48DB63 #48DBAD #48C0DB

triadic

#48DBAD #AD48DB #DBAD48

tetradic

#48DBAD #6348DB #DB4876 #C0DB48

square

#48DBAD #6348DB #DB4876 #C0DB48

split-complementary

#48DBAD #DB48C0 #DB6348

monochromatic

#1C8D69 #26C090 #48DBAD #7BE5C4 #AEEFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48DBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#48DBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBAD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBAD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7c5',
    500: '#48dbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbad;
$custom-light: #8ce7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.224,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80204,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.55058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBAD

secondary

#923552

accent

#3E74EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBAD

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

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