#48D9EF#48D9EF

#48D9EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.123 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9EF
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -31.11, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 38.07, 215.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.1072 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.123 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0586, 57.2304, 90.4219)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9EF #EF5E48

analogous

#48EFB1 #48D9EF #4885EF

triadic

#48D9EF #EF48D9 #D9EF48

tetradic

#48D9EF #B148EF #EF5E48 #85EF48

square

#48D9EF #B148EF #EF5E48 #85EF48

split-complementary

#48D9EF #EF4885 #EFB148

monochromatic

#0F99AD #14CAE6 #48D9EF #80E5F4 #B9F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#48D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9EF

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9EF	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.123 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5f4',
    500: '#48d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ef;
$custom-light: #91e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.904,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81814,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9EF

secondary

#AE3E2D

accent

#2205E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9EF

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

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