#48DBCD#48DBCD

#48DBCD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.124 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBCD
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -41.61, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 41.85, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1234 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.124 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0183, 56.4441, 66.5842)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBCD #DB4856

analogous

#48DB84 #48DBCD #489FDB

triadic

#48DBCD #CD48DB #DBCD48

tetradic

#48DBCD #8448DB #DB4856 #9FDB48

square

#48DBCD #8448DB #DB4856 #9FDB48

split-complementary

#48DBCD #DB489F #DB8448

monochromatic

#1C8D82 #26C0B1 #48DBCD #7BE5DB #AEEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#48DBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBCD

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBCD	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.124 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7dc',
    500: '#48dbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbcd;
$custom-light: #8ee7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81114,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBCD

secondary

#92353E

accent

#3E4EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBCD

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

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