#48DBE1#48DBE1

#48DBE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48DBE1
RGBrgb(72, 219, 225)
HSLhsl(182, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(182, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.44, -36.12, -14.28)
CIE-LCHlch(80.44, 38.84, 201.57°)
OKLaboklab(81.78% -0.1149 -0.0396)
OKLCHoklch(81.78% 0.122 199)
XYZxyz(41.5886, 57.4722, 80.1210)
Luminance0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48DBE1 #E14E48
analogous
#48E19A #48DBE1 #488EE1
triadic
#48DBE1 #E148DB #DBE148
tetradic
#48DBE1 #9A48E1 #E14E48 #8EE148
square
#48DBE1 #9A48E1 #E14E48 #8EE148
split-complementary
#48DBE1 #E1488E #E19A48
monochromatic
#199196 #21C4CB #48DBE1 #7DE5EA #B1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#48DBE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50
#48DBE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBE1
12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48DBE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48DBE11.001.6812.5012.50
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5021.001.001.00
##00000012.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCD1E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5C1E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E3DC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48dbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 199.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe6ea',
    500: '#48dbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48dbe1;
$custom-light: #8fe6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48dbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.57477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48DBE1
secondary
#9A3733
accent
#4039EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#48DBE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva