#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
RGBrgb(72, 213, 225)
HSLhsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.69, -33.31, -16.91)
CIE-LCHlch(78.69, 37.35, 206.92°)
OKLaboklab(80.36% -0.109 -0.0469)
OKLCHoklch(80.36% 0.119 203.3)
XYZxyz(40.0514, 54.3979, 79.6086)
Luminance0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D5E11.001.7711.8811.88
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8821.001.001.00
##00000011.8821.001.001.00

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

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#48D5E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva