#48DBEB#48DBEB

#48DBEB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.123 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48DBEB
RGBrgb(72, 219, 235)
HSLhsl(186, 80%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.76, -33.24, -19.13)
CIE-LCHlch(80.76, 38.35, 209.92°)
OKLaboklab(82.13% -0.1108 -0.0531)
OKLCHoklch(82.13% 0.123 205.6)
XYZxyz(42.9929, 58.0339, 87.5170)
Luminance0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48DBEB #EB5848
analogous
#48EBAA #48DBEB #4889EB
triadic
#48DBEB #EB48DB #DBEB48
tetradic
#48DBEB #AA48EB #EB5848 #89EB48
square
#48DBEB #AA48EB #EB5848 #89EB48
split-complementary
#48DBEB #EB4889 #EBAA48
monochromatic
#1298A6 #18CADE #48DBEB #7FE6F1 #B6F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67
#48DBEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61
#48DBEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBEB
12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48DBEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48DBEB1.001.6712.6112.61
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6121.001.001.00
##00000012.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9D2EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2C1EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E4E0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48dbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.123 205.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6f1',
    500: '#48dbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48dbeb;
$custom-light: #90e6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48dbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.89,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82133,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48DBEB
secondary
#A83B2F
accent
#1E09DD
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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