#48E1E2#48E1E2

#48E1E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1E2
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 226)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -38.60, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 40.46, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.1203 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.125 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3190, 60.7141, 81.3727)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1E2 #E24948

analogous

#48E296 #48E1E2 #4894E2

triadic

#48E1E2 #E248E1 #E1E248

tetradic

#48E1E2 #9648E2 #E24948 #94E248

square

#48E1E2 #9648E2 #E24948 #94E248

split-complementary

#48E1E2 #E24894 #E29648

monochromatic

#189798 #20CBCC #48E1E2 #7DEAEA #B2F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#48E1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#48E1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1E2

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1E2	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebeb',
    500: '#48e1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1e2;
$custom-light: #90ebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.39,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83228,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1E2

secondary

#9C3333

accent

#3A38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1E2

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

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