#48DBE3#48DBE3

#48DBE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBE3
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 227)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -35.55, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 38.68, 203.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.114 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.122 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8630, 57.5820, 81.5663)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBE3 #E35048

analogous

#48E39D #48DBE3 #488DE3

triadic

#48DBE3 #E348DB #DBE348

tetradic

#48DBE3 #9D48E3 #E35048 #8DE348

square

#48DBE3 #9D48E3 #E35048 #8DE348

split-complementary

#48DBE3 #E3488D #E39D48

monochromatic

#179299 #20C5CE #48DBE3 #7DE5EB #B2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#48DBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBE3

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBE3	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6eb',
    500: '#48dbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dbe3;
$custom-light: #90e6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.097,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81846,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBE3

secondary

#9D3832

accent

#4138F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBE3

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

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