#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
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -32.80, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 37.64, 209.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1089 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.12 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2496, 55.6870, 83.4223)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48D7E6	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D7E6

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

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