#48D9E1#48D9E1

#48D9E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.120 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9E1
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 225)
HSL	hsl(183, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -35.19, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 38.31, 203.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1129 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.121 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0699, 56.4349, 79.9481)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9E1 #E15048

analogous

#48E19C #48D9E1 #488CE1

triadic

#48D9E1 #E148D9 #D9E148

tetradic

#48D9E1 #9C48E1 #E15048 #8CE148

square

#48D9E1 #9C48E1 #E15048 #8CE148

split-complementary

#48D9E1 #E1488C #E19C48

monochromatic

#198F96 #21C2CB #48D9E1 #7DE4EA #B1EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#48D9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9E1

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9E1	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.120 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5ea',
    500: '#48d9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9e1;
$custom-light: #8fe5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.137,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81303,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9E1

secondary

#9A3833

accent

#4339EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9E1

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

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