#48DBC9#48DBC9

#48DBC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.125 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48DBC9
RGBrgb(72, 219, 201)
HSLhsl(173, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(173, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(79.76, -42.67, -2.50)
CIE-LCHlch(79.76, 42.74, 183.35°)
OKLaboklab(80.99% -0.1252 -0.0074)
OKLCHoklch(80.99% 0.125 183.4)
XYZxyz(38.5416, 56.2534, 64.0738)
Luminance0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48DBC9 #DB485A
analogous
#48DB80 #48DBC9 #48A4DB
triadic
#48DBC9 #C948DB #DBC948
tetradic
#48DBC9 #8048DB #DB485A #A4DB48
square
#48DBC9 #8048DB #DB485A #A4DB48
split-complementary
#48DBC9 #DB48A4 #DB8048
monochromatic
#1C8D7F #26C0AD #48DBC9 #7BE5D8 #AEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#48DBC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25
#48DBC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBC9
12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48DBC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48DBC91.001.7112.2512.25
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2521.001.001.00
##00000012.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1CFC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCBFCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48dbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.125 183.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7d9',
    500: '#48dbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48dbc9;
$custom-light: #8de7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48dbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48DBC9
secondary
#923540
accent
#3E53EA
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1614
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#48DBC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva