#48D3EE#48D3EE

#48D3EE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3EE
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -28.51, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 37.33, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1018 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.122 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3928, 54.1345, 89.1398)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3EE #EE6348

analogous

#48EEB6 #48D3EE #4880EE

triadic

#48D3EE #EE48D3 #D3EE48

tetradic

#48D3EE #B648EE #EE6348 #80EE48

square

#48D3EE #B648EE #EE6348 #80EE48

split-complementary

#48D3EE #EE4880 #EEB648

monochromatic

#1092AC #15C2E4 #48D3EE #80E0F3 #B8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#48D3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3EE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3EE	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0f3',
    500: '#48d3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3ee;
$custom-light: #90e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.759,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80377,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3EE

secondary

#AC422E

accent

#2906DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3EE

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

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