#48DCE5#48DCE5

#48DCE5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.122 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCE5
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -35.45, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 38.80, 204.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1142 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.122 201)
XYZ	xyz(42.4023, 58.2164, 83.1157)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCE5 #E55148

analogous

#48E59F #48DCE5 #488EE5

triadic

#48DCE5 #E548DC #DCE548

tetradic

#48DCE5 #9F48E5 #E55148 #8EE548

square

#48DCE5 #9F48E5 #E55148 #8EE548

split-complementary

#48DCE5 #E5488E #E59F48

monochromatic

#16959C #1EC8D2 #48DCE5 #7EE6ED #B3F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#48DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCE5

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCE5	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.122 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7ed',
    500: '#48dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dce5;
$custom-light: #90e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.439,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82152,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.58221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCE5

secondary

#A03832

accent

#4136F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCE5

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

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