#48D8E1#48D8E1

#48D8E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8E1
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -34.72, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 38.06, 204.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1119 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.12 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8130, 55.9210, 79.8624)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8E1 #E15148

analogous

#48E19D #48D8E1 #488CE1

triadic

#48D8E1 #E148D8 #D8E148

tetradic

#48D8E1 #9D48E1 #E15148 #8CE148

square

#48D8E1 #9D48E1 #E15148 #8CE148

split-complementary

#48D8E1 #E1488C #E19D48

monochromatic

#198F96 #21C1CB #48D8E1 #7DE3EA #B1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48D8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48D8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8E1

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8E1	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4ea',
    500: '#48d8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8e1;
$custom-light: #8fe4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8E1

secondary

#9A3933

accent

#4439EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8E1

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

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