#48DAE8#48DAE8

#48DAE8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAE8
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -33.64, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 38.21, 208.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.111 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.122 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3030, 57.3418, 85.1669)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAE8 #E85648

analogous

#48E8A6 #48DAE8 #488AE8

triadic

#48DAE8 #E848DA #DAE848

tetradic

#48DAE8 #A648E8 #E85648 #8AE848

square

#48DAE8 #A648E8 #E85648 #8AE848

split-complementary

#48DAE8 #E8488A #E8A648

monochromatic

#1495A1 #1BC7D8 #48DAE8 #7EE5EF #B5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#48DAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAE8

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAE8	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6ef',
    500: '#48dae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dae8;
$custom-light: #90e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81789,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAE8

secondary

#A43B30

accent

#4434F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAE8

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

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