#48DBE1#48DBE1

#48DBE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBE1
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 225)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -36.12, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 38.84, 201.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.1149 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.122 199)
XYZ	xyz(41.5886, 57.4722, 80.1210)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBE1 #E14E48

analogous

#48E19A #48DBE1 #488EE1

triadic

#48DBE1 #E148DB #DBE148

tetradic

#48DBE1 #9A48E1 #E14E48 #8EE148

square

#48DBE1 #9A48E1 #E14E48 #8EE148

split-complementary

#48DBE1 #E1488E #E19A48

monochromatic

#199196 #21C4CB #48DBE1 #7DE5EA #B1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#48DBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBE1

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBE1	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6ea',
    500: '#48dbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbe1;
$custom-light: #8fe6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.57477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBE1

secondary

#9A3733

accent

#4039EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBE1

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

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