#48DBC2#48DBC2

#48DBC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBC2
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 194)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -44.47, 0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 44.48, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.1283 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.128 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7369, 55.9315, 59.8355)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBC2 #DB4861

analogous

#48DB79 #48DBC2 #48ABDB

triadic

#48DBC2 #C248DB #DBC248

tetradic

#48DBC2 #7948DB #DB4861 #ABDB48

square

#48DBC2 #7948DB #DB4861 #ABDB48

split-complementary

#48DBC2 #DB48AB #DB7948

monochromatic

#1C8D7A #26C0A6 #48DBC2 #7BE5D3 #AEEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48DBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC2

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBC2	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d4',
    500: '#48dbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbc2;
$custom-light: #8de7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.796,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80781,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBC2

secondary

#923545

accent

#3E5BEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBC2

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

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