#48DAE1#48DAE1

#48DAE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAE1
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 225)
HSL	hsl(183, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -35.65, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 38.57, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1139 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.121 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3285, 56.9520, 80.0343)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAE1 #E14F48

analogous

#48E19B #48DAE1 #488DE1

triadic

#48DAE1 #E148DA #DAE148

tetradic

#48DAE1 #9B48E1 #E14F48 #8DE148

square

#48DAE1 #9B48E1 #E14F48 #8DE148

split-complementary

#48DAE1 #E1488D #E19B48

monochromatic

#199096 #21C3CB #48DAE1 #7DE5EA #B1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#48DAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAE1

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAE1	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6ea',
    500: '#48dae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dae1;
$custom-light: #8fe6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.745,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAE1

secondary

#9A3833

accent

#4239EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAE1

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

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