#48D8E7#48D8E7

#48D8E7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.121 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8E7
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 231)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -32.99, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.83, 209.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.1095 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.121 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6459, 56.2542, 84.2491)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8E7 #E75748

analogous

#48E7A6 #48D8E7 #4889E7

triadic

#48D8E7 #E748D8 #D8E748

tetradic

#48D8E7 #A648E7 #E75748 #89E748

square

#48D8E7 #A648E7 #E75748 #89E748

split-complementary

#48D8E7 #E74889 #E7A648

monochromatic

#1593A0 #1CC4D6 #48D8E7 #7EE4EE #B4EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#48D8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8E7

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8E7	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.121 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4ee',
    500: '#48d8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8e7;
$custom-light: #90e4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8E7

secondary

#A23C31

accent

#4634F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8E7

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

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