#48DEE2#48DEE2

#48DEE2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.123 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEE2
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -37.22, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 39.58, 199.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.1174 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.123 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5151, 59.1063, 81.1048)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEE2 #E24C48

analogous

#48E299 #48DEE2 #4891E2

triadic

#48DEE2 #E248DE #DEE248

tetradic

#48DEE2 #9948E2 #E24C48 #91E248

square

#48DEE2 #9948E2 #E24C48 #91E248

split-complementary

#48DEE2 #E24891 #E29948

monochromatic

#189498 #20C8CC #48DEE2 #7DE8EA #B2F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48DEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#48DEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEE2

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEE2	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.123 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9eb',
    500: '#48dee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dee2;
$custom-light: #90e9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEE2

secondary

#9C3533

accent

#3D38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEE2

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

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