#48DBEF#48DBEF

#48DBEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.124 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DBEF
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -32.07, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 38.37, 213.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1092 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.124 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5773, 58.2677, 90.5947)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DBEF #EF5C48

analogous

#48EFB0 #48DBEF #4887EF

triadic

#48DBEF #EF48DB #DBEF48

tetradic

#48DBEF #B048EF #EF5C48 #87EF48

square

#48DBEF #B048EF #EF5C48 #87EF48

split-complementary

#48DBEF #EF4887 #EFB048

monochromatic

#0F9AAD #14CDE6 #48DBEF #80E6F4 #B9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#48DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DBEF

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DBEF	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.124 208.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.186,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82281,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DBEF

secondary

#AE3D2D

accent

#1F05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DBEF

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

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