#48CBE5#48CBE5

#48CBE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48CBE5
RGBrgb(72, 203, 229)
HSLhsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.91, -27.29, -23.28)
CIE-LCHlch(75.91, 35.87, 220.46°)
OKLaboklab(78.16% -0.0976 -0.0648)
OKLCHoklch(78.16% 0.117 213.6)
XYZxyz(38.1653, 49.7424, 81.7034)
Luminance0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48CBE5 #E56248
analogous
#48E5B1 #48CBE5 #487DE5
triadic
#48CBE5 #E548CB #CBE548
tetradic
#48CBE5 #B148E5 #E56248 #7DE548
square
#48CBE5 #B148E5 #E56248 #7DE548
split-complementary
#48CBE5 #E5487D #E5B148
monochromatic
#16869C #1EB4D2 #48CBE5 #7EDAED #B3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#48CBE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95
#48CBE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBE5
10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48CBE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48CBE51.001.9210.9510.95
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9521.001.001.00
##00000010.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C4E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B4E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48cbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 213.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbed',
    500: '#48cbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48cbe5;
$custom-light: #8edbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48cbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.936,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78158,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48CBE5
secondary
#E3B0A6
accent
#5536F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FBFD
border
#CCD4D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#48CBE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva