#48DBDE#48DBDE

#48DBDE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBDE
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -36.97, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 39.12, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1161 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.121 197)
XYZ	xyz(41.1829, 57.3099, 77.9845)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBDE #DE4B48

analogous

#48DE96 #48DBDE #4890DE

triadic

#48DBDE #DE48DB #DBDE48

tetradic

#48DBDE #9648DE #DE4B48 #90DE48

square

#48DBDE #9648DE #DE4B48 #90DE48

split-complementary

#48DBDE #DE4890 #DE9648

monochromatic

#1A8F91 #24C2C5 #48DBDE #7CE5E7 #B0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#48DBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBDE

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBDE	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e8',
    500: '#48dbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbde;
$custom-light: #8fe6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81672,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.57315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBDE

secondary

#963634

accent

#3F3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBDE

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

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