#48DCDE#48DCDE

#48DCDE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCDE
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -37.43, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 39.42, 198.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1171 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.122 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4446, 57.8333, 78.0718)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCDE #DE4A48

analogous

#48DE95 #48DCDE #4891DE

triadic

#48DCDE #DE48DC #DCDE48

tetradic

#48DCDE #9548DE #DE4A48 #91DE48

square

#48DCDE #9548DE #DE4A48 #91DE48

split-complementary

#48DCDE #DE4891 #DE9548

monochromatic

#1A9091 #24C3C5 #48DCDE #7CE6E7 #B0F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#48DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCDE

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCDE	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe7e8',
    500: '#48dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcde;
$custom-light: #8fe7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81909,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCDE

secondary

#963534

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCDE

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

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