#48DCE2#48DCE2

#48DCE2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.122 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCE2
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -36.30, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 39.02, 201.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.1154 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.122 199)
XYZ	xyz(41.9871, 58.0503, 80.9287)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCE2 #E24E48

analogous

#48E29B #48DCE2 #488FE2

triadic

#48DCE2 #E248DC #DCE248

tetradic

#48DCE2 #9B48E2 #E24E48 #8FE248

square

#48DCE2 #9B48E2 #E24E48 #8FE248

split-complementary

#48DCE2 #E2488F #E29B48

monochromatic

#189398 #20C6CC #48DCE2 #7DE6EA #B2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#48DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCE2

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCE2	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.122 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7eb',
    500: '#48dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dce2;
$custom-light: #90e7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCE2

secondary

#9C3733

accent

#4038EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCE2

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

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