#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
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 7.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -32.22, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 37.63, 211.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1081 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.121 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5321, 55.8000, 84.9099)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48D7E8	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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