#48D4E5#48D4E5

#48D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4E5
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -31.66, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 37.08, 211.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.1064 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.119 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3527, 54.1172, 82.4325)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4E5 #E55948

analogous

#48E5A8 #48D4E5 #4886E5

triadic

#48D4E5 #E548D4 #D4E548

tetradic

#48D4E5 #A848E5 #E55948 #86E548

square

#48D4E5 #A848E5 #E55948 #86E548

split-complementary

#48D4E5 #E54886 #E5A848

monochromatic

#168E9C #1EBED2 #48D4E5 #7EE1ED #B3EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#48D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4E5

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4E5	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ed',
    500: '#48d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4e5;
$custom-light: #8fe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.497,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8027,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4E5

secondary

#A03E32

accent

#4A36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4E5

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

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