#48DBD4#48DBD4

#48DBD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.122 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD4
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 212)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -39.73, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 40.51, 191.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.1204 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.122 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8822, 56.7897, 71.1342)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD4 #DB484F

analogous

#48DB8B #48DBD4 #4899DB

triadic

#48DBD4 #D448DB #DBD448

tetradic

#48DBD4 #8B48DB #DB484F #99DB48

square

#48DBD4 #8B48DB #DB484F #99DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD4 #DB4899 #DB8B48

monochromatic

#1C8D87 #26C0B9 #48DBD4 #7BE5E0 #AEEFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#48DBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD4

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD4	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.122 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7e1',
    500: '#48dbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd4;
$custom-light: #8ee7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81338,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD4

secondary

#923539

accent

#3E46EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD4

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

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