#48DBDB#48DBDB

#48DBDB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBDB
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -37.80, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 39.47, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1174 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.122 195)
XYZ	xyz(40.7844, 57.1505, 75.8858)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBDB #DB4848

analogous

#48DB92 #48DBDB #4892DB

triadic

#48DBDB #DB48DB #DBDB48

tetradic

#48DBDB #9248DB #DB4848 #92DB48

square

#48DBDB #9248DB #DB4848 #92DB48

split-complementary

#48DBDB #DB4892 #DB9248

monochromatic

#1C8D8D #26C0C0 #48DBDB #7BE5E5 #AEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#48DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBDB

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBDB	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e6',
    500: '#48dbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbdb;
$custom-light: #8fe6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8157,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.57155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBDB

secondary

#923535

accent

#3E3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBDB

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

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