#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
RGBrgb(72, 209, 225)
HSLhsl(186, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(77.53, -31.40, -18.67)
CIE-LCHlch(77.53, 36.53, 210.74°)
OKLaboklab(79.42% -0.1051 -0.0518)
OKLCHoklch(79.42% 0.117 206.3)
XYZxyz(39.0577, 52.4104, 79.2773)
Luminance0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D1E11.001.8311.4811.48
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4821.001.001.00
##00000011.4821.001.001.00

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

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#48D1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva