#48D1E5#48D1E5

#48D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1E5
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -30.22, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 36.59, 214.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1034 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.118 209)
XYZ	xyz(39.6098, 52.6313, 82.1849)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1E5 #E55C48

analogous

#48E5AB #48D1E5 #4883E5

triadic

#48D1E5 #E548D1 #D1E548

tetradic

#48D1E5 #AB48E5 #E55C48 #83E548

square

#48D1E5 #AB48E5 #E55C48 #83E548

split-complementary

#48D1E5 #E54883 #E5AB48

monochromatic

#168B9C #1EBBD2 #48D1E5 #7EDEED #B3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#48D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#48D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1E5

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1E5	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfed',
    500: '#48d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1e5;
$custom-light: #8fdfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.643,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.52636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1E5

secondary

#A04032

accent

#4E36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1E5

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

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