#48DDE5#48DDE5

#48DDE5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDE5
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -35.91, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 39.05, 203.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.1152 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.123 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6655, 58.7428, 83.2034)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDE5 #E55048

analogous

#48E59F #48DDE5 #488FE5

triadic

#48DDE5 #E548DD #DDE548

tetradic

#48DDE5 #9F48E5 #E55048 #8FE548

square

#48DDE5 #9F48E5 #E55048 #8FE548

split-complementary

#48DDE5 #E5488F #E59F48

monochromatic

#16969C #1EC9D2 #48DDE5 #7EE7ED #B3F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48DDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#48DDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDE5

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDE5	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8ed',
    500: '#48dde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dde5;
$custom-light: #90e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.057,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82387,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDE5

secondary

#A03732

accent

#4036F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDE5

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

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