#48D7EF#48D7EF

#48D7EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.123 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D7EF
RGB	rgb(72, 215, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -30.15, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 37.81, 217.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.1053 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.123 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5463, 56.2057, 90.2511)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D7EF #EF6048

analogous

#48EFB4 #48D7EF #4883EF

triadic

#48D7EF #EF48D7 #D7EF48

tetradic

#48D7EF #B448EF #EF6048 #83EF48

square

#48D7EF #B448EF #EF6048 #83EF48

split-complementary

#48D7EF #EF4883 #EFB448

monochromatic

#0F97AD #14C8E6 #48D7EF #80E3F4 #B9F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#48D7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D7EF

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D7EF	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.123 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3f4',
    500: '#48d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d7ef;
$custom-light: #90e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.623,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81348,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D7EF

secondary

#AE402D

accent

#2505E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D7EF

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

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