#48DBD9#48DBD9

#48DBD9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBD9
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -38.36, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 39.74, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.1182 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.122 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5227, 57.0459, 74.5075)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBD9 #DB484A

analogous

#48DB90 #48DBD9 #4893DB

triadic

#48DBD9 #D948DB #DBD948

tetradic

#48DBD9 #9048DB #DB484A #93DB48

square

#48DBD9 #9048DB #DB484A #93DB48

split-complementary

#48DBD9 #DB4893 #DB9048

monochromatic

#1C8D8B #26C0BE #48DBD9 #7BE5E4 #AEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#48DBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBD9

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBD9	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e4',
    500: '#48dbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbd9;
$custom-light: #8fe6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.184,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBD9

secondary

#923536

accent

#3E40EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBD9

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

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