#48D7E8#48D7E8

#48D7E8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.121 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D7E8
RGBrgb(72, 215, 232)
HSLhsl(186, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 7.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.50, -32.22, -19.43)
CIE-LCHlch(79.50, 37.63, 211.10°)
OKLaboklab(81.08% -0.1081 -0.054)
OKLCHoklch(81.08% 0.121 206.5)
XYZxyz(41.5321, 55.8000, 84.9099)
Luminance0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D7E8 #E85948
analogous
#48E8A9 #48D7E8 #4887E8
triadic
#48D7E8 #E848D7 #D7E848
tetradic
#48D7E8 #A948E8 #E85948 #87E848
square
#48D7E8 #A948E8 #E85948 #87E848
split-complementary
#48D7E8 #E84887 #E8A948
monochromatic
#1492A1 #1BC4D8 #48D7E8 #7EE3EF #B5EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#48D7E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16
#48D7E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7E8
12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D7E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D7E81.001.7312.1612.16
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1621.001.001.00
##00000012.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5CFE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEBEE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0DC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.121 206.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3ef',
    500: '#48d7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d7e8;
$custom-light: #90e3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81085,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D7E8
secondary
#A43D30
accent
#4834F4
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7E8

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#48D7E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva