#48DEE0#48DEE0

#48DEE0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.123 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEE0
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 224)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -37.78, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 39.79, 198.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.1182 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.123 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2423, 58.9972, 79.6679)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEE0 #E04A48

analogous

#48E096 #48DEE0 #4892E0

triadic

#48DEE0 #E048DE #DEE048

tetradic

#48DEE0 #9648E0 #E04A48 #92E048

square

#48DEE0 #9648E0 #E04A48 #92E048

split-complementary

#48DEE0 #E04892 #E09648

monochromatic

#199394 #22C7C9 #48DEE0 #7CE7E9 #B1F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48DEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#48DEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEE0

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEE0	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.123 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9e9',
    500: '#48dee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dee0;
$custom-light: #90e9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82451,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEE0

secondary

#993533

accent

#3C3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEE0

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

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