#48D8EA#48D8EA

#48D8EA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8EA
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -32.11, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 37.81, 211.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.1083 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.122 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0732, 56.4251, 86.4997)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8EA #EA5A48

analogous

#48EAAB #48D8EA #4887EA

triadic

#48D8EA #EA48D8 #D8EA48

tetradic

#48D8EA #AB48EA #EA5A48 #87EA48

square

#48D8EA #AB48EA #EA5A48 #87EA48

split-complementary

#48D8EA #EA4887 #EAAB48

monochromatic

#1394A5 #19C6DC #48D8EA #7FE4F0 #B6EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#48D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8EA

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8EA	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f0',
    500: '#48d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ea;
$custom-light: #90e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 79.412,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81393,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8EA

secondary

#A73D30

accent

#4832F6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8EA

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

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