#48DCE3#48DCE3

#48DCE3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCE3
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 227)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -36.02, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 38.94, 202.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.115 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.122 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1247, 58.1053, 81.6535)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCE3 #E34F48

analogous

#48E39C #48DCE3 #488EE3

triadic

#48DCE3 #E348DC #DCE348

tetradic

#48DCE3 #9C48E3 #E34F48 #8EE348

square

#48DCE3 #9C48E3 #E34F48 #8EE348

split-complementary

#48DCE3 #E3488E #E39C48

monochromatic

#179399 #20C6CE #48DCE3 #7DE6EB #B2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48DCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#48DCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCE3

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCE3	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7eb',
    500: '#48dce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dce3;
$custom-light: #90e7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.71,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82082,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCE3

secondary

#9D3732

accent

#4038F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCE3

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

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