#48E5FE#48E5FE

#48E5FE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5FE
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 254)
HSL	hsl(188, 99%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -32.40, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 40.25, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.1128 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.131 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5735, 64.5663, 103.6493)
Luminance	0.6457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5FE #FE6148

analogous

#48FEBC #48E5FE #488AFE

triadic

#48E5FE #FE48E5 #E5FE48

tetradic

#48E5FE #BC48FE #FE6148 #8AFE48

square

#48E5FE #BC48FE #FE6148 #8AFE48

split-complementary

#48E5FE #FE488A #FEBC48

monochromatic

#01AFCA #0BDCFE #48E5FE #85EEFE #C2F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#48E5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#48E5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5FE

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5FE	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0DDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93edfe',
    500: '#48e5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5fe;
$custom-light: #93edfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.242,
    "s": 98.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85165,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5FE

secondary

#C63A24

accent

#2000E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5FE

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

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