#48DBD6#48DBD6

#48DBD6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD6
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 214)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -39.18, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 40.18, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1195 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.122 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1361, 56.8912, 72.4711)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD6 #DB484D

analogous

#48DB8D #48DBD6 #4897DB

triadic

#48DBD6 #D648DB #DBD648

tetradic

#48DBD6 #8D48DB #DB484D #97DB48

square

#48DBD6 #8D48DB #DB484D #97DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD6 #DB4897 #DB8D48

monochromatic

#1C8D89 #26C0BB #48DBD6 #7BE5E1 #AEEFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#48DBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD6

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD6	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6e2',
    500: '#48dbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd6;
$custom-light: #8ee6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.959,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD6

secondary

#923538

accent

#3E44EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD6

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

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