#48D3E9#48D3E9

#48D3E9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3E9
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -30.00, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 37.02, 215.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.1038 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.12 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6684, 53.8448, 85.3247)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3E9 #E95E48

analogous

#48E9AF #48D3E9 #4882E9

triadic

#48D3E9 #E948D3 #D3E948

tetradic

#48D3E9 #AF48E9 #E95E48 #82E948

square

#48D3E9 #AF48E9 #E95E48 #82E948

split-complementary

#48D3E9 #E94882 #E9AF48

monochromatic

#148FA3 #1ABFDA #48D3E9 #7FE0F0 #B5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#48D3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3E9

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3E9	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1f0',
    500: '#48d3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3e9;
$custom-light: #8fe1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.199,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80185,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3E9

secondary

#A54030

accent

#4D33F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3E9

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

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