#48DBDF#48DBDF

#48DBDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBDF
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 223)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -36.68, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 39.02, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.1157 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.121 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3173, 57.3637, 78.6925)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBDF #DF4C48

analogous

#48DF97 #48DBDF #4890DF

triadic

#48DBDF #DF48DB #DBDF48

tetradic

#48DBDF #9748DF #DF4C48 #90DF48

square

#48DBDF #9748DF #DF4C48 #90DF48

split-complementary

#48DBDF #DF4890 #DF9748

monochromatic

#1A9093 #23C3C7 #48DBDF #7CE5E8 #B0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#48DBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBDF

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBDF	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e9',
    500: '#48dbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbdf;
$custom-light: #8fe6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.589,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBDF

secondary

#983634

accent

#403BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBDF

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

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