#48DAEF#48DAEF

#48DAEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.124 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAEF
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -31.59, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 38.22, 214.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.1082 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.124 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3172, 57.7475, 90.5080)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAEF #EF5D48

analogous

#48EFB0 #48DAEF #4886EF

triadic

#48DAEF #EF48DA #DAEF48

tetradic

#48DAEF #B048EF #EF5D48 #86EF48

square

#48DAEF #B048EF #EF5D48 #86EF48

split-complementary

#48DAEF #EF4886 #EFB048

monochromatic

#0F9AAD #14CBE6 #48DAEF #80E5F4 #B9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#48DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAEF

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAEF	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.124 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6f4',
    500: '#48daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daef;
$custom-light: #91e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.545,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAEF

secondary

#AE3D2D

accent

#2105E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAEF

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

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