#48DAED#48DAED

#48DAED is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.123 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAED
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -32.18, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 38.18, 212.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.109 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.123 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0233, 57.6300, 88.9606)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAED #ED5B48

analogous

#48EDAD #48DAED #4887ED

triadic

#48DAED #ED48DA #DAED48

tetradic

#48DAED #AD48ED #ED5B48 #87ED48

square

#48DAED #AD48ED #ED5B48 #87ED48

split-complementary

#48DAED #ED4887 #EDAD48

monochromatic

#1198AA #16CAE2 #48DAED #80E5F2 #B7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#48DAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAED

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAED	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.123 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6f2',
    500: '#48daed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daed;
$custom-light: #90e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.909,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81973,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAED

secondary

#AB3D2E

accent

#2007DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAED

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

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