#48D9ED#48D9ED

#48D9ED is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.123 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9ED
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -31.70, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 38.02, 213.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.108 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.123 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7648, 57.1129, 88.8744)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9ED #ED5C48

analogous

#48EDAF #48D9ED #4886ED

triadic

#48D9ED #ED48D9 #D9ED48

tetradic

#48D9ED #AF48ED #ED5C48 #86ED48

square

#48D9ED #AF48ED #ED5C48 #86ED48

split-complementary

#48D9ED #ED4886 #EDAF48

monochromatic

#1197AA #16C9E2 #48D9ED #80E5F2 #B7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48D9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#48D9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9ED

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9ED	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.123 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5f2',
    500: '#48d9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ed;
$custom-light: #90e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9ED

secondary

#AB3D2E

accent

#2107DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9ED

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

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