#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
RGBrgb(72, 207, 229)
HSLhsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.07, -29.25, -21.51)
CIE-LCHlch(77.07, 36.31, 216.32°)
OKLaboklab(79.1% -0.1015 -0.0598)
OKLCHoklch(79.1% 0.118 210.5)
XYZxyz(39.1221, 51.6560, 82.0223)
Luminance0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48CFE51.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

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

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#48CFE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva