#48DBD3#48DBD3

#48DBD3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.123 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD3
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 211)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -40.00, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 40.69, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.1208 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.123 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7565, 56.7394, 70.4719)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD3 #DB4850

analogous

#48DB8A #48DBD3 #4899DB

triadic

#48DBD3 #D348DB #DBD348

tetradic

#48DBD3 #8A48DB #DB4850 #99DB48

square

#48DBD3 #8A48DB #DB4850 #99DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD3 #DB4899 #DB8A48

monochromatic

#1C8D87 #26C0B8 #48DBD3 #7BE5DF #AEEFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#48DBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD3

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD3	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.123 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7e0',
    500: '#48dbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd3;
$custom-light: #8ee7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.735,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81305,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD3

secondary

#92353A

accent

#3E47EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD3

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

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