#48D3E1#48D3E1

#48D3E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3E1
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -32.36, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 36.92, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.107 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.118 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5515, 53.3980, 79.4419)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3E1 #E15648

analogous

#48E1A2 #48D3E1 #4886E1

triadic

#48D3E1 #E148D3 #D3E148

tetradic

#48D3E1 #A248E1 #E15648 #86E148

square

#48D3E1 #A248E1 #E15648 #86E148

split-complementary

#48D3E1 #E14886 #E1A248

monochromatic

#198B96 #21BBCB #48D3E1 #7DE0EA #B1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#48D3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3E1

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3E1	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ea',
    500: '#48d3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3e1;
$custom-light: #8fe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3E1

secondary

#9A3C33

accent

#4A39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3E1

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

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