#48DAE0#48DAE0

#48DAE0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAE0
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 224)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -35.94, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 38.65, 201.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.1143 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.121 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1925, 56.8976, 79.3179)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAE0 #E04E48

analogous

#48E09A #48DAE0 #488EE0

triadic

#48DAE0 #E048DA #DAE048

tetradic

#48DAE0 #9A48E0 #E04E48 #8EE048

square

#48DAE0 #9A48E0 #E04E48 #8EE048

split-complementary

#48DAE0 #E0488E #E09A48

monochromatic

#199094 #22C2C9 #48DAE0 #7CE5E9 #B1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#48DAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAE0

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAE0	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6e9',
    500: '#48dae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dae0;
$custom-light: #8fe6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81504,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAE0

secondary

#993733

accent

#413AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAE0

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

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