#48DAE2#48DAE2

#48DAE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAE2
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -35.37, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 38.50, 203.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1135 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.121 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4653, 57.0067, 80.7548)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAE2 #E25048

analogous

#48E29D #48DAE2 #488DE2

triadic

#48DAE2 #E248DA #DAE248

tetradic

#48DAE2 #9D48E2 #E25048 #8DE248

square

#48DAE2 #9D48E2 #E25048 #8DE248

split-complementary

#48DAE2 #E2488D #E29D48

monochromatic

#189198 #20C3CC #48DAE2 #7DE5EA #B2EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#48DAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAE2

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAE2	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6eb',
    500: '#48dae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dae2;
$custom-light: #8fe6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81574,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAE2

secondary

#9C3833

accent

#4238EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAE2

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

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