#48DDE2#48DDE2

#48DDE2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDE2
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -36.76, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 39.30, 200.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1164 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.123 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2503, 58.5767, 81.0165)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDE2 #E24D48

analogous

#48E29A #48DDE2 #4890E2

triadic

#48DDE2 #E248DD #DDE248

tetradic

#48DDE2 #9A48E2 #E24D48 #90E248

square

#48DDE2 #9A48E2 #E24D48 #90E248

split-complementary

#48DDE2 #E24890 #E29A48

monochromatic

#189398 #20C7CC #48DDE2 #7DE7EA #B2F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48DDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#48DDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDE2

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDE2	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8eb',
    500: '#48dde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dde2;
$custom-light: #90e8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.948,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82283,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDE2

secondary

#9C3633

accent

#3E38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDE2

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

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