#48D8ED#48D8ED

#48D8ED is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.123 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8ED
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -31.23, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 37.86, 214.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.1071 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.123 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5078, 56.5989, 88.7887)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8ED #ED5D48

analogous

#48EDAF #48D8ED #4886ED

triadic

#48D8ED #ED48D8 #D8ED48

tetradic

#48D8ED #AF48ED #ED5D48 #86ED48

square

#48D8ED #AF48ED #ED5D48 #86ED48

split-complementary

#48D8ED #ED4886 #EDAF48

monochromatic

#1196AA #16C8E2 #48D8ED #80E4F2 #B7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48D8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#48D8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8ED

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8ED	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.123 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f2',
    500: '#48d8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ed;
$custom-light: #90e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.636,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81505,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8ED

secondary

#AB3E2E

accent

#2207DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8ED

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

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