#48CFE5#48CFE5

#48CFE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.118 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFE5
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -29.25, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 36.31, 216.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.1015 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.118 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1221, 51.6560, 82.0223)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFE5 #E55E48

analogous

#48E5AD #48CFE5 #4881E5

triadic

#48CFE5 #E548CF #CFE548

tetradic

#48CFE5 #AD48E5 #E55E48 #81E548

square

#48CFE5 #AD48E5 #E55E48 #81E548

split-complementary

#48CFE5 #E54881 #E5AD48

monochromatic

#168A9C #1EB9D2 #48CFE5 #7EDDED #B3EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#48CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFE5

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFE5	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.118 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeed',
    500: '#48cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfe5;
$custom-light: #8fdeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.408,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFE5

secondary

#A04132

accent

#5036F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFE5

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

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