#48E8FE#48E8FE

#48E8FE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.132 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8FE
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 254)
HSL	hsl(187, 99%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -33.82, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 40.67, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.1156 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.132 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4107, 66.2408, 103.9284)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8FE #FE5E48

analogous

#48FEB9 #48E8FE #488DFE

triadic

#48E8FE #FE48E8 #E8FE48

tetradic

#48E8FE #B948FE #FE5E48 #8DFE48

square

#48E8FE #B948FE #FE5E48 #8DFE48

split-complementary

#48E8FE #FE488D #FEB948

monochromatic

#01B2CA #0BE0FE #48E8FE #85F0FE #C2F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#48E8FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#48E8FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8FE

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8FE	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.132 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94effe',
    500: '#48e8fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8fe;
$custom-light: #94effe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.253,
    "s": 98.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85859,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8FE

secondary

#C63824

accent

#1C00E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8FE

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

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