#48D8DE#48D8DE

#48D8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8DE
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -35.57, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 38.28, 201.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1132 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.12 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4073, 55.7587, 77.7260)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8DE #DE4E48

analogous

#48DE99 #48D8DE #488DDE

triadic

#48D8DE #DE48D8 #D8DE48

tetradic

#48D8DE #9948DE #DE4E48 #8DDE48

square

#48D8DE #9948DE #DE4E48 #8DDE48

split-complementary

#48D8DE #DE488D #DE9948

monochromatic

#1A8D91 #24BFC5 #48D8DE #7CE3E7 #B0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48D8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#48D8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8DE

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8DE	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e8',
    500: '#48d8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8de;
$custom-light: #8fe4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80961,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8DE

secondary

#963834

accent

#433CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8DE

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

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