#48DBD8#48DBD8

#48DBD8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD8
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -38.63, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 39.88, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1187 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.122 193)
XYZ	xyz(40.3931, 56.9940, 73.8245)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD8 #DB484B

analogous

#48DB8F #48DBD8 #4894DB

triadic

#48DBD8 #D848DB #DBD848

tetradic

#48DBD8 #8F48DB #DB484B #94DB48

square

#48DBD8 #8F48DB #DB484B #94DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD8 #DB4894 #DB8F48

monochromatic

#1C8D8B #26C0BD #48DBD8 #7BE5E3 #AEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#48DBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD8

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD8	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e4',
    500: '#48dbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd8;
$custom-light: #8fe6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81469,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.56999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD8

secondary

#923537

accent

#3E41EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD8

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

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