#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
RGBrgb(72, 213, 237)
HSLhsl(189, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(189, 70%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(79.08, -29.78, -22.73)
CIE-LCHlch(79.08, 37.46, 217.36°)
OKLaboklab(80.81% -0.1042 -0.0632)
OKLCHoklch(80.81% 0.122 211.3)
XYZxyz(41.7463, 55.0758, 88.5349)
Luminance0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48D5ED1.001.7512.0212.02
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0221.001.001.00
##00000012.0221.001.001.00

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

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#48D5ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva