#48DADE#48DADE

#48DADE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DADE
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -36.50, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 38.83, 199.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1151 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.121 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9228, 56.7897, 77.8978)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48DADE #DE4C48

analogous

#48DE97 #48DADE #488FDE

triadic

#48DADE #DE48DA #DADE48

tetradic

#48DADE #9748DE #DE4C48 #8FDE48

square

#48DADE #9748DE #DE4C48 #8FDE48

split-complementary

#48DADE #DE488F #DE9748

monochromatic

#1A8E91 #24C1C5 #48DADE #7CE4E7 #B0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#48DADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DADE

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DADE	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 197.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DADE

secondary

#963734

accent

#403CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DADE

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

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