#48D4EF#48D4EF

#48D4EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.123 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4EF
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -28.69, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 37.50, 220.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.1024 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.123 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7894, 54.6918, 89.9988)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4EF #EF6348

analogous

#48EFB7 #48D4EF #4880EF

triadic

#48D4EF #EF48D4 #D4EF48

tetradic

#48D4EF #B748EF #EF6348 #80EF48

square

#48D4EF #B748EF #EF6348 #80EF48

split-complementary

#48D4EF #EF4880 #EFB748

monochromatic

#0F94AD #14C4E6 #48D4EF #80E1F4 #B9EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48D4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#48D4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4EF

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4EF	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.123 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1f4',
    500: '#48d4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ef;
$custom-light: #90e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.701,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80649,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4EF

secondary

#AE422D

accent

#2905E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4EF

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

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