#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
RGBrgb(72, 216, 234)
HSLhsl(187, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.86, -32.11, -19.96)
CIE-LCHlch(79.86, 37.81, 211.87°)
OKLaboklab(81.39% -0.1083 -0.0555)
OKLCHoklch(81.39% 0.122 207.1)
XYZxyz(42.0732, 56.4251, 86.4997)
Luminance0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48D8EA1.001.7112.2912.29
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2921.001.001.00
##00000012.2921.001.001.00

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

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#48D8EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva