#48D7E6#48D7E6

#48D7E6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D7E6
RGBrgb(72, 215, 230)
HSLhsl(186, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.44, -32.80, -18.46)
CIE-LCHlch(79.44, 37.64, 209.37°)
OKLaboklab(81.01% -0.1089 -0.0513)
OKLCHoklch(81.01% 0.12 205.2)
XYZxyz(41.2496, 55.6870, 83.4223)
Luminance0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D7E6 #E65748
analogous
#48E6A6 #48D7E6 #4888E6
triadic
#48D7E6 #E648D7 #D7E648
tetradic
#48D7E6 #A648E6 #E65748 #88E648
square
#48D7E6 #A648E6 #E65748 #88E648
split-complementary
#48D7E6 #E64888 #E6A648
monochromatic
#16919E #1DC2D4 #48D7E6 #7EE3ED #B4EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#48D7E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14
#48D7E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7E6
12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D7E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D7E61.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6CEE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBEE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0DB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 205.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3ed',
    500: '#48d7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d7e6;
$custom-light: #8fe3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.696,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D7E6
secondary
#A13C31
accent
#4735F3
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48D7E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva