#48DBE2#48DBE2

#48DBE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBE2
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -35.83, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 38.76, 202.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.1145 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.122 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7254, 57.5269, 80.8415)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBE2 #E24F48

analogous

#48E29C #48DBE2 #488EE2

triadic

#48DBE2 #E248DB #DBE248

tetradic

#48DBE2 #9C48E2 #E24F48 #8EE248

square

#48DBE2 #9C48E2 #E24F48 #8EE248

split-complementary

#48DBE2 #E2488E #E29C48

monochromatic

#189298 #20C5CC #48DBE2 #7DE5EA #B2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#48DBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBE2

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBE2	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6eb',
    500: '#48dbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbe2;
$custom-light: #8fe6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8181,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBE2

secondary

#9C3733

accent

#4138EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBE2

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

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