#48DFE9#48DFE9

#48DFE9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFE9
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 233)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -35.70, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 39.29, 204.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.1155 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.124 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7617, 60.0312, 86.3558)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFE9 #E95248

analogous

#48E9A3 #48DFE9 #488EE9

triadic

#48DFE9 #E948DF #DFE948

tetradic

#48DFE9 #A348E9 #E95248 #8EE948

square

#48DFE9 #A348E9 #E95248 #8EE948

split-complementary

#48DFE9 #E9488E #E9A348

monochromatic

#149AA3 #1ACEDA #48DFE9 #7FE9F0 #B5F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48DFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#48DFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFE9

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFE9	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e9f0',
    500: '#48dfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfe9;
$custom-light: #91e9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.727,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82999,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFE9

secondary

#A53730

accent

#3F33F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFE9

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

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