#48DFE2#48DFE2

#48DFE2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.124 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFE2
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 226)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -37.68, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 39.87, 199.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.1184 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.124 197)
XYZ	xyz(42.7815, 59.6391, 81.1935)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFE2 #E24B48

analogous

#48E298 #48DFE2 #4892E2

triadic

#48DFE2 #E248DF #DFE248

tetradic

#48DFE2 #9848E2 #E24B48 #92E248

square

#48DFE2 #9848E2 #E24B48 #92E248

split-complementary

#48DFE2 #E24892 #E29848

monochromatic

#189598 #20C9CC #48DFE2 #7DE8EA #B2F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48DFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#48DFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFE2

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFE2	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.124 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9eb',
    500: '#48dfe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfe2;
$custom-light: #90e9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.169,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.59644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFE2

secondary

#9C3533

accent

#3C38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFE2

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

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