#48DBB4#48DBB4

#48DBB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBB4
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 180)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 17.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -47.92, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 48.57, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1347 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.136 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2380, 55.3320, 51.9415)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBB4 #DB486F

analogous

#48DB6B #48DBB4 #48B8DB

triadic

#48DBB4 #B448DB #DBB448

tetradic

#48DBB4 #6B48DB #DB486F #B8DB48

square

#48DBB4 #6B48DB #DB486F #B8DB48

split-complementary

#48DBB4 #DB48B8 #DB6B48

monochromatic

#1C8D6F #26C097 #48DBB4 #7BE5C9 #AEEFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#48DBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBB4

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBB4	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7ca',
    500: '#48dbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbb4;
$custom-light: #8ce7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80387,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBB4

secondary

#92354E

accent

#3E6BEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBB4

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

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