#48DBDA#48DBDA

#48DBDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBDA
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -38.08, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 39.60, 195.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1178 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.122 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6532, 57.0980, 75.1946)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBDA #DB4849

analogous

#48DB91 #48DBDA #4893DB

triadic

#48DBDA #DA48DB #DBDA48

tetradic

#48DBDA #9148DB #DB4849 #93DB48

square

#48DBDA #9148DB #DB4849 #93DB48

split-complementary

#48DBDA #DB4893 #DB9148

monochromatic

#1C8D8C #26C0BF #48DBDA #7BE5E4 #AEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#48DBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBDA

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBDA	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e5',
    500: '#48dbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbda;
$custom-light: #8fe6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.592,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81536,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBDA

secondary

#923535

accent

#3E3FEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBDA

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

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