#48DEE5#48DEE5

#48DEE5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.123 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEE5
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -36.38, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 39.31, 202.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.1161 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.123 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9303, 59.2724, 83.2917)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEE5 #E54F48

analogous

#48E59E #48DEE5 #4890E5

triadic

#48DEE5 #E548DE #DEE548

tetradic

#48DEE5 #9E48E5 #E54F48 #90E548

square

#48DEE5 #9E48E5 #E54F48 #90E548

split-complementary

#48DEE5 #E54890 #E59E48

monochromatic

#16969C #1ECAD2 #48DEE5 #7EE8ED #B3F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#48DEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#48DEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEE5

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEE5	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.123 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9ed',
    500: '#48dee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dee5;
$custom-light: #90e9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.675,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82623,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEE5

secondary

#A03732

accent

#3E36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEE5

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

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