#48D5ED#48D5ED

#48D5ED is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.122 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5ED
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -29.78, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 37.46, 217.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1042 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.122 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7463, 55.0758, 88.5349)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5ED #ED6048

analogous

#48EDB2 #48D5ED #4882ED

triadic

#48D5ED #ED48D5 #D5ED48

tetradic

#48D5ED #B248ED #ED6048 #82ED48

square

#48D5ED #B248ED #ED6048 #82ED48

split-complementary

#48D5ED #ED4882 #EDB248

monochromatic

#1194AA #16C4E2 #48D5ED #80E2F2 #B7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48D5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#48D5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5ED

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5ED	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.122 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2f2',
    500: '#48d5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5ed;
$custom-light: #90e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.727,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5ED

secondary

#AB402E

accent

#2607DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5ED

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

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