#48ECFF#48ECFF

#48ECFF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.133 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ECFF
RGB	rgb(72, 236, 255)
HSL	hsl(186, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -35.41, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 41.33, 211.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.119 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.133 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7101, 68.5826, 105.1535)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ECFF #FF5B48

analogous

#48FFB7 #48ECFF #4890FF

triadic

#48ECFF #FF48EC #ECFF48

tetradic

#48ECFF #B748FF #FF5B48 #90FF48

square

#48ECFF #B748FF #FF5B48 #90FF48

split-complementary

#48ECFF #FF4890 #FFB748

monochromatic

#00B7CD #0BE6FF #48ECFF #85F2FF #C2F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#48ECFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#48ECFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ECFF

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ECFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ECFF	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BED0FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F6F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ecff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 236, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.133 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94f2ff',
    500: '#48ecff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ecff;
$custom-light: #94f2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ecff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.23,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86821,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ECFF

secondary

#C83423

accent

#1800E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1718

muted

#808586

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ECFF

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

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