#48DBC6#48DBC6

#48DBC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBC6
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -43.44, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 43.46, 181.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.1265 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.127 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1922, 56.1136, 62.2333)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBC6 #DB485D

analogous

#48DB7D #48DBC6 #48A6DB

triadic

#48DBC6 #C648DB #DBC648

tetradic

#48DBC6 #7D48DB #DB485D #A6DB48

square

#48DBC6 #7D48DB #DB485D #A6DB48

split-complementary

#48DBC6 #DB48A6 #DB7D48

monochromatic

#1C8D7D #26C0AA #48DBC6 #7BE5D6 #AEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#48DBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC6

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBC6	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d7',
    500: '#48dbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbc6;
$custom-light: #8de7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80899,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBC6

secondary

#923542

accent

#3E56EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBC6

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

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