#48D9E0#48D9E0

#48D9E0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.120 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9E0
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -35.47, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 38.38, 202.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1133 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.12 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9339, 56.3805, 79.2318)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9E0 #E04F48

analogous

#48E09B #48D9E0 #488DE0

triadic

#48D9E0 #E048D9 #D9E048

tetradic

#48D9E0 #9B48E0 #E04F48 #8DE048

square

#48D9E0 #9B48E0 #E04F48 #8DE048

split-complementary

#48D9E0 #E0488D #E09B48

monochromatic

#198F94 #22C1C9 #48D9E0 #7CE4E9 #B1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#48D9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9E0

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9E0	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.120 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e9',
    500: '#48d9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9e0;
$custom-light: #8fe5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.763,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9E0

secondary

#993833

accent

#423AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9E0

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

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