#48D9E3#48D9E3

#48D9E3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9E3
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 227)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -34.61, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 38.19, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1121 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.121 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3444, 56.5447, 81.3934)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9E3 #E35248

analogous

#48E39F #48D9E3 #488BE3

triadic

#48D9E3 #E348D9 #D9E348

tetradic

#48D9E3 #9F48E3 #E35248 #8BE348

square

#48D9E3 #9F48E3 #E35248 #8BE348

split-complementary

#48D9E3 #E3488B #E39F48

monochromatic

#179199 #20C3CE #48D9E3 #7DE4EB #B2EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48D9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#48D9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9E3

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9E3	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5eb',
    500: '#48d9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9e3;
$custom-light: #8fe5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81374,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9E3

secondary

#9D3932

accent

#4438F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9E3

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

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