#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
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 201)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -42.67, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 42.74, 183.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1252 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.125 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5416, 56.2534, 64.0738)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48DBC9	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48DBC9

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

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