#48DBCF#48DBCF

#48DBCF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.124 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBCF
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 207)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -41.08, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 41.44, 187.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.1226 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.124 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2613, 56.5413, 67.8638)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBCF #DB4854

analogous

#48DB86 #48DBCF #489EDB

triadic

#48DBCF #CF48DB #DBCF48

tetradic

#48DBCF #8648DB #DB4854 #9EDB48

square

#48DBCF #8648DB #DB4854 #9EDB48

split-complementary

#48DBCF #DB489E #DB8648

monochromatic

#1C8D84 #26C0B3 #48DBCF #7BE5DC #AEEFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#48DBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBCF

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBCF	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.124 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7dd',
    500: '#48dbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbcf;
$custom-light: #8ee7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81177,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBCF

secondary

#92353C

accent

#3E4CEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBCF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →