#48DCE1#48DCE1

#48DCE1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.122 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCE1
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 225)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -36.58, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 39.11, 200.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.1159 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.122 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8502, 57.9955, 80.2082)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCE1 #E14D48

analogous

#48E199 #48DCE1 #488FE1

triadic

#48DCE1 #E148DC #DCE148

tetradic

#48DCE1 #9948E1 #E14D48 #8FE148

square

#48DCE1 #9948E1 #E14D48 #8FE148

split-complementary

#48DCE1 #E1488F #E19948

monochromatic

#199296 #21C5CB #48DCE1 #7DE6EA #B1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#48DCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCE1

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCE1	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.122 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe7ea',
    500: '#48dce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dce1;
$custom-light: #8fe7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.961,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82012,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCE1

secondary

#9A3633

accent

#3F39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCE1

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

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