#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
RGBrgb(72, 219, 217)
HSLhsl(179, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(179, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(80.21, -38.36, -10.37)
CIE-LCHlch(80.21, 39.74, 195.13°)
OKLaboklab(81.5% -0.1182 -0.0288)
OKLCHoklch(81.5% 0.122 193.7)
XYZxyz(40.5227, 57.0459, 74.5075)
Luminance0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48DBD91.001.6912.4112.41
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4121.001.001.00
##00000012.4121.001.001.00

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

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#48DBD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva