#48DDDE#48DDDE

#48DDDE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.123 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDDE
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -37.88, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 39.72, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1181 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.123 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7078, 58.3597, 78.1595)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDDE #DE4948

analogous

#48DE94 #48DDDE #4892DE

triadic

#48DDDE #DE48DD #DDDE48

tetradic

#48DDDE #9448DE #DE4948 #92DE48

square

#48DDDE #9448DE #DE4948 #92DE48

split-complementary

#48DDDE #DE4892 #DE9448

monochromatic

#1A9191 #24C4C5 #48DDDE #7CE7E7 #B0F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48DDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#48DDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDDE

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDDE	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.123 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe8e8',
    500: '#48ddde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddde;
$custom-light: #8fe8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDDE

secondary

#963534

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDDE

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

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