#48DBC5#48DBC5

#48DBC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBC5
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 197)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 10%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -43.70, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 43.71, 180.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.127 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.127 181)
XYZ	xyz(38.0772, 56.0677, 61.6279)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBC5 #DB485E

analogous

#48DB7B #48DBC5 #48A8DB

triadic

#48DBC5 #C548DB #DBC548

tetradic

#48DBC5 #7B48DB #DB485E #A8DB48

square

#48DBC5 #7B48DB #DB485E #A8DB48

split-complementary

#48DBC5 #DB48A8 #DB7B48

monochromatic

#1C8D7C #26C0A9 #48DBC5 #7BE5D5 #AEEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#48DBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC5

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBC5	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)

#D2CEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d6',
    500: '#48dbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbc5;
$custom-light: #8de7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.02,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80869,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.56072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBC5

secondary

#923543

accent

#3E58EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBC5

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

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