#48D5E1#48D5E1

#48D5E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.119 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5E1
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -33.31, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 37.35, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.109 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.119 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0514, 54.3979, 79.6086)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5E1 #E15448

analogous

#48E1A0 #48D5E1 #4888E1

triadic

#48D5E1 #E148D5 #D5E148

tetradic

#48D5E1 #A048E1 #E15448 #88E148

square

#48D5E1 #A048E1 #E15448 #88E148

split-complementary

#48D5E1 #E14888 #E1A048

monochromatic

#198C96 #21BDCB #48D5E1 #7DE1EA #B1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48D5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#48D5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5E1

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5E1	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.119 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2ea',
    500: '#48d5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5e1;
$custom-light: #8fe2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80359,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5E1

secondary

#9A3B33

accent

#4739EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5E1

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

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