#48DEEF#48DEEF

#48DEEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.125 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEEF
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -33.50, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 38.88, 210.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.1121 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.125 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3670, 59.8471, 90.8580)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEEF #EF5948

analogous

#48EFAC #48DEEF #488AEF

triadic

#48DEEF #EF48DE #DEEF48

tetradic

#48DEEF #AC48EF #EF5948 #8AEF48

square

#48DEEF #AC48EF #EF5948 #8AEF48

split-complementary

#48DEEF #EF488A #EFAC48

monochromatic

#0F9DAD #14D0E6 #48DEEF #80E8F4 #B9F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48DEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#48DEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEEF

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEEF	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48deef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e8f4',
    500: '#48deef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48deef;
$custom-light: #91e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48deef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.108,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82981,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEEF

secondary

#AE3A2D

accent

#1B05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEEF

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

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