#48D7E1#48D7E1

#48D7E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7E1
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -34.25, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 37.82, 205.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.111 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.12 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5576, 55.4102, 79.7773)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7E1 #E15248

analogous

#48E19F #48D7E1 #488AE1

triadic

#48D7E1 #E148D7 #D7E148

tetradic

#48D7E1 #9F48E1 #E15248 #8AE148

square

#48D7E1 #9F48E1 #E15248 #8AE148

split-complementary

#48D7E1 #E1488A #E19F48

monochromatic

#198E96 #21C0CB #48D7E1 #7DE2EA #B1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48D7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#48D7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7E1

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7E1	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4ea',
    500: '#48d7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7e1;
$custom-light: #8fe4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.922,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7E1

secondary

#9A3A33

accent

#4539EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7E1

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

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