#48DBC4#48DBC4

#48DBC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBC4
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 196)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -43.96, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 43.96, 180.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.1274 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.127 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9630, 56.0220, 61.0264)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBC4 #DB485F

analogous

#48DB7B #48DBC4 #48A9DB

triadic

#48DBC4 #C448DB #DBC448

tetradic

#48DBC4 #7B48DB #DB485F #A9DB48

square

#48DBC4 #7B48DB #DB485F #A9DB48

split-complementary

#48DBC4 #DB48A9 #DB7B48

monochromatic

#1C8D7B #26C0A8 #48DBC4 #7BE5D4 #AEEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#48DBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC4

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBC4	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d5',
    500: '#48dbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbc4;
$custom-light: #8de7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.612,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBC4

secondary

#923543

accent

#3E59EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBC4

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

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