#48E0ED#48E0ED

#48E0ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.125 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0ED
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 237)
HSL	hsl(185, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -35.02, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 39.33, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.1148 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.125 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6075, 60.7982, 89.4886)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0ED #ED5548

analogous

#48EDA7 #48E0ED #488EED

triadic

#48E0ED #ED48E0 #E0ED48

tetradic

#48E0ED #A748ED #ED5548 #8EED48

square

#48E0ED #A748ED #ED5548 #8EED48

split-complementary

#48E0ED #ED488E #EDA748

monochromatic

#119EAA #16D2E2 #48E0ED #80E9F2 #B7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#48E0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#48E0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0ED

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0ED	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.125 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eaf2',
    500: '#48e0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0ed;
$custom-light: #91eaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.727,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0ED

secondary

#AB382E

accent

#1807DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0ED

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

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