#48DBC3#48DBC3

#48DBC3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBC3
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 195)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 11%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -44.22, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 44.22, 179.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1279 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.128 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8496, 55.9766, 60.4290)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBC3 #DB4860

analogous

#48DB7A #48DBC3 #48AADB

triadic

#48DBC3 #C348DB #DBC348

tetradic

#48DBC3 #7A48DB #DB4860 #AADB48

square

#48DBC3 #7A48DB #DB4860 #AADB48

split-complementary

#48DBC3 #DB48AA #DB7A48

monochromatic

#1C8D7A #26C0A7 #48DBC3 #7BE5D4 #AEEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#48DBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC3

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBC3	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d5',
    500: '#48dbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbc3;
$custom-light: #8de7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBC3

secondary

#923544

accent

#3E5AEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBC3

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

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