#48D9E7#48D9E7

#48D9E7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9E7
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 231)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -33.46, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 38.03, 208.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.1105 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.121 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9029, 56.7681, 84.3347)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9E7 #E75648

analogous

#48E7A6 #48D9E7 #488AE7

triadic

#48D9E7 #E748D9 #D9E748

tetradic

#48D9E7 #A648E7 #E75648 #8AE748

square

#48D9E7 #A648E7 #E75648 #8AE748

split-complementary

#48D9E7 #E7488A #E7A648

monochromatic

#1593A0 #1CC5D6 #48D9E7 #7EE4EE #B4EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48D9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#48D9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9E7

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9E7	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5ee',
    500: '#48d9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9e7;
$custom-light: #90e5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.283,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81518,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9E7

secondary

#A23B31

accent

#4534F3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9E7

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

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