#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
RGBrgb(72, 217, 237)
HSLhsl(187, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(187, 70%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(80.24, -31.70, -20.98)
CIE-LCHlch(80.24, 38.02, 213.49°)
OKLaboklab(81.74% -0.108 -0.0583)
OKLCHoklch(81.74% 0.123 208.4)
XYZxyz(42.7648, 57.1129, 88.8744)
Luminance0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##48D9ED1.001.6912.4212.42
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4221.001.001.00
##00000012.4221.001.001.00

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

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#48D9ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva