#48DBB2#48DBB2

#48DBB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBB2
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 18.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -48.40, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 49.21, 169.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1356 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.137 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0358, 55.2511, 50.8762)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBB2 #DB4871

analogous

#48DB69 #48DBB2 #48BBDB

triadic

#48DBB2 #B248DB #DBB248

tetradic

#48DBB2 #6948DB #DB4871 #BBDB48

square

#48DBB2 #6948DB #DB4871 #BBDB48

split-complementary

#48DBB2 #DB48BB #DB6948

monochromatic

#1C8D6D #26C095 #48DBB2 #7BE5C8 #AEEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#48DBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBB2

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBB2	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CDB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7c9',
    500: '#48dbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbb2;
$custom-light: #8ce7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.265,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80334,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBB2

secondary

#92354F

accent

#3E6EEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBB2

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

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