#48DFE5#48DFE5

#48DFE5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFE5
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 229)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -36.84, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 39.58, 201.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.1171 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.124 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1967, 59.8052, 83.3805)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFE5 #E54E48

analogous

#48E59D #48DFE5 #4891E5

triadic

#48DFE5 #E548DF #DFE548

tetradic

#48DFE5 #9D48E5 #E54E48 #91E548

square

#48DFE5 #9D48E5 #E54E48 #91E548

split-complementary

#48DFE5 #E54891 #E59D48

monochromatic

#16979C #1ECBD2 #48DFE5 #7EE8ED #B3F2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48DFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#48DFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFE5

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFE5	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9ed',
    500: '#48dfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfe5;
$custom-light: #90e9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.293,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82859,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFE5

secondary

#A03632

accent

#3D36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFE5

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

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