#48D3E4#48D3E4

#48D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3E4
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -31.48, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 36.90, 211.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1058 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.119 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9643, 53.5631, 81.6162)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3E4 #E45948

analogous

#48E4A7 #48D3E4 #4885E4

triadic

#48D3E4 #E448D3 #D3E448

tetradic

#48D3E4 #A748E4 #E45948 #85E448

square

#48D3E4 #A748E4 #E45948 #85E448

split-complementary

#48D3E4 #E44885 #E4A748

monochromatic

#178C9B #1FBDD0 #48D3E4 #7DE0EC #B3EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#48D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3E4

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3E4	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ec',
    500: '#48d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3e4;
$custom-light: #8fe1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.538,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79998,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3E4

secondary

#9E3E32

accent

#4B37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3E4

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

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