#48CFE4#48CFE4

#48CFE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.117 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFE4
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -29.55, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 36.26, 215.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.1019 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.117 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9829, 51.6004, 81.2891)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFE4 #E45D48

analogous

#48E4AB #48CFE4 #4881E4

triadic

#48CFE4 #E448CF #CFE448

tetradic

#48CFE4 #AB48E4 #E45D48 #81E448

square

#48CFE4 #AB48E4 #E45D48 #81E448

split-complementary

#48CFE4 #E44881 #E4AB48

monochromatic

#17899B #1FB8D0 #48CFE4 #7DDDEC #B3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48CFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#48CFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFE4

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFE4	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.117 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edeec',
    500: '#48cfe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfe4;
$custom-light: #8edeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79058,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFE4

secondary

#9E4132

accent

#5037F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFE4

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

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