#48D8EF#48D8EF

#48D8EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.123 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8EF
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -30.63, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 37.94, 216.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.1063 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.123 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8017, 56.7165, 90.3362)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8EF #EF5F48

analogous

#48EFB2 #48D8EF #4884EF

triadic

#48D8EF #EF48D8 #D8EF48

tetradic

#48D8EF #B248EF #EF5F48 #84EF48

square

#48D8EF #B248EF #EF5F48 #84EF48

split-complementary

#48D8EF #EF4884 #EFB248

monochromatic

#0F98AD #14C9E6 #48D8EF #80E4F4 #B9F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#48D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8EF

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8EF	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.123 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f4',
    500: '#48d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ef;
$custom-light: #90e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.263,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81581,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8EF

secondary

#AE3F2D

accent

#2305E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8EF

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

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