#48D1E1#48D1E1

#48D1E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1E1
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -31.40, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 36.53, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.1051 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.117 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0577, 52.4104, 79.2773)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1E1 #E15848

analogous

#48E1A5 #48D1E1 #4884E1

triadic

#48D1E1 #E148D1 #D1E148

tetradic

#48D1E1 #A548E1 #E15848 #84E148

square

#48D1E1 #A548E1 #E15848 #84E148

split-complementary

#48D1E1 #E14884 #E1A548

monochromatic

#198996 #21B9CB #48D1E1 #7DDEEA #B1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#48D1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1E1

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1E1	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfea',
    500: '#48d1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1e1;
$custom-light: #8edfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.275,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79416,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1E1

secondary

#9A3E33

accent

#4C39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1E1

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

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