#48DDE1#48DDE1

#48DDE1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.123 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDE1
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 225)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -37.04, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 39.39, 199.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.1168 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.123 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1135, 58.5220, 80.2959)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDE1 #E14C48

analogous

#48E199 #48DDE1 #4890E1

triadic

#48DDE1 #E148DD #DDE148

tetradic

#48DDE1 #9948E1 #E14C48 #90E148

square

#48DDE1 #9948E1 #E14C48 #90E148

split-complementary

#48DDE1 #E14890 #E19948

monochromatic

#199396 #21C6CB #48DDE1 #7DE7EA #B1F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48DDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#48DDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDE1

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDE1	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.123 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8ea',
    500: '#48dde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dde1;
$custom-light: #90e8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.569,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDE1

secondary

#9A3633

accent

#3E39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDE1

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

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