#48E5FA#48E5FA

#48E5FA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.130 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5FA
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 95%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -33.58, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 40.13, 213.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.1144 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.13 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9396, 64.3128, 100.3110)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5FA #FA5D48

analogous

#48FAB6 #48E5FA #488CFA

triadic

#48E5FA #FA48E5 #E5FA48

tetradic

#48E5FA #B648FA #FA5D48 #8CFA48

square

#48E5FA #B648FA #FA5D48 #8CFA48

split-complementary

#48E5FA #FA488C #FAB648

monochromatic

#05ACC2 #0CDDF8 #48E5FA #84EDFC #BFF6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#48E5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#48E5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5FA

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5FA	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DCFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8CAFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.130 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93edfc',
    500: '#48e5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5fa;
$custom-light: #93edfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.079,
    "s": 94.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85016,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5FA

secondary

#BF3927

accent

#1B00E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5FA

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

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