#48DBB5#48DBB5

#48DBB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBB5
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -47.68, 7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 48.26, 171.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.1342 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.136 172)
XYZ	xyz(36.3403, 55.3729, 52.4799)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBB5 #DB486E

analogous

#48DB6C #48DBB5 #48B7DB

triadic

#48DBB5 #B548DB #DBB548

tetradic

#48DBB5 #6C48DB #DB486E #B7DB48

square

#48DBB5 #6C48DB #DB486E #B7DB48

split-complementary

#48DBB5 #DB48B7 #DB6C48

monochromatic

#1C8D70 #26C098 #48DBB5 #7BE5CA #AEEFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#48DBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBB5

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBB5	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7cb',
    500: '#48dbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbb5;
$custom-light: #8ce7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.49,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80414,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBB5

secondary

#92354D

accent

#3E6AEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBB5

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

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