#48E4FF#48E4FF

#48E4FF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.131 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4FF
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 255)
HSL	hsl(189, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -31.63, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 40.19, 218.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.1115 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.131 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4582, 64.0788, 104.4029)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4FF #FF6348

analogous

#48FFBE #48E4FF #4889FF

triadic

#48E4FF #FF48E4 #E4FF48

tetradic

#48E4FF #BE48FF #FF6348 #89FF48

square

#48E4FF #BE48FF #FF6348 #89FF48

split-complementary

#48E4FF #FF4889 #FFBE48

monochromatic

#00AECD #0BDBFF #48E4FF #85EDFF #C2F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#48E4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#48E4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4FF

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4FF	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.131 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93edff',
    500: '#48e4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4ff;
$custom-light: #93edff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84972,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4FF

secondary

#C83C23

accent

#2200E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808586

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4FF

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

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