#48CFE1#48CFE1

#48CFE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.117 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFE1
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 225)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -30.44, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 36.18, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.1031 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.117 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5701, 51.4352, 79.1148)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFE1 #E15A48

analogous

#48E1A6 #48CFE1 #4882E1

triadic

#48CFE1 #E148CF #CFE148

tetradic

#48CFE1 #A648E1 #E15A48 #82E148

square

#48CFE1 #A648E1 #E15A48 #82E148

split-complementary

#48CFE1 #E14882 #E1A648

monochromatic

#198796 #21B7CB #48CFE1 #7DDDEA #B1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48CFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#48CFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFE1

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFE1	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.117 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edeea',
    500: '#48cfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfe1;
$custom-light: #8edeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFE1

secondary

#9A3F33

accent

#4F39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFE1

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

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