#48DFEF#48DFEF

#48DFEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFEF
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -33.97, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 39.07, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.113 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.125 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6334, 60.3799, 90.9468)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFEF #EF5848

analogous

#48EFAC #48DFEF #488BEF

triadic

#48DFEF #EF48DF #DFEF48

tetradic

#48DFEF #AC48EF #EF5848 #8BEF48

square

#48DFEF #AC48EF #EF5848 #8BEF48

split-complementary

#48DFEF #EF488B #EFAC48

monochromatic

#0F9EAD #14D2E6 #48DFEF #80E9F4 #B9F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#48DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFEF

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFEF	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e9f4',
    500: '#48dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfef;
$custom-light: #91e9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.749,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83215,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFEF

secondary

#AE3A2D

accent

#1A05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFEF

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

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