#48DBB9#48DBB9

#48DBB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBB9
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -46.72, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 47.03, 173.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1324 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.133 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7566, 55.5394, 54.6726)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBB9 #DB486A

analogous

#48DB6F #48DBB9 #48B4DB

triadic

#48DBB9 #B948DB #DBB948

tetradic

#48DBB9 #6F48DB #DB486A #B4DB48

square

#48DBB9 #6F48DB #DB486A #B4DB48

split-complementary

#48DBB9 #DB48B4 #DB6F48

monochromatic

#1C8D73 #26C09C #48DBB9 #7BE5CD #AEEFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#48DBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBB9

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBB9	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7ce',
    500: '#48dbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbb9;
$custom-light: #8de7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.122,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80524,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBB9

secondary

#92354A

accent

#3E66EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBB9

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

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