#48D9EB#48D9EB

#48D9EB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9EB
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -32.29, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 37.99, 211.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1088 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.122 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4743, 56.9967, 87.3441)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9EB #EB5A48

analogous

#48EBAC #48D9EB #4887EB

triadic

#48D9EB #EB48D9 #D9EB48

tetradic

#48D9EB #AC48EB #EB5A48 #87EB48

square

#48D9EB #AC48EB #EB5A48 #87EB48

split-complementary

#48D9EB #EB4887 #EBAC48

monochromatic

#1296A6 #18C8DE #48D9EB #7FE4F1 #B6F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48D9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#48D9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9EB

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9EB	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5f1',
    500: '#48d9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9eb;
$custom-light: #90e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.626,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81664,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9EB

secondary

#A83C2F

accent

#2009DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9EB

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

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