#48DBD5#48DBD5

#48DBD5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD5
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -39.46, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 40.34, 192.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.12 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.122 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0088, 56.8403, 71.8006)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD5 #DB484E

analogous

#48DB8C #48DBD5 #4898DB

triadic

#48DBD5 #D548DB #DBD548

tetradic

#48DBD5 #8C48DB #DB484E #98DB48

square

#48DBD5 #8C48DB #DB484E #98DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD5 #DB4898 #DB8C48

monochromatic

#1C8D88 #26C0BA #48DBD5 #7BE5E1 #AEEFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#48DBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD5

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD5	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee7e1',
    500: '#48dbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd5;
$custom-light: #8ee7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8137,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD5

secondary

#923539

accent

#3E45EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD5

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

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