#48D8EB#48D8EB

#48D8EB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8EB
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -31.82, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 37.82, 212.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.1079 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.122 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2173, 56.4827, 87.2584)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8EB #EB5B48

analogous

#48EBAD #48D8EB #4886EB

triadic

#48D8EB #EB48D8 #D8EB48

tetradic

#48D8EB #AD48EB #EB5B48 #86EB48

square

#48D8EB #AD48EB #EB5B48 #86EB48

split-complementary

#48D8EB #EB4886 #EBAD48

monochromatic

#1295A6 #18C7DE #48D8EB #7FE4F1 #B6F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#48D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8EB

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8EB	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f1',
    500: '#48d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8eb;
$custom-light: #90e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.994,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8143,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8EB

secondary

#A83D2F

accent

#2209DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8EB

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

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