#48DBCB#48DBCB

#48DBCB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.125 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBCB
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -42.14, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 42.28, 184.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.1243 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.125 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7784, 56.3481, 65.3209)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBCB #DB4858

analogous

#48DB81 #48DBCB #48A2DB

triadic

#48DBCB #CB48DB #DBCB48

tetradic

#48DBCB #8148DB #DB4858 #A2DB48

square

#48DBCB #8148DB #DB4858 #A2DB48

split-complementary

#48DBCB #DB48A2 #DB8148

monochromatic

#1C8D81 #26C0AF #48DBCB #7BE5DA #AEEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#48DBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBCB

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBCB	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.125 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7da',
    500: '#48dbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbcb;
$custom-light: #8ee7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.469,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81052,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBCB

secondary

#92353F

accent

#3E51EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBCB

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

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