#48E1E5#48E1E5

#48E1E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1E5
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 229)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -37.76, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 40.13, 199.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.1191 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.125 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7342, 60.8802, 83.5597)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1E5 #E54C48

analogous

#48E59B #48E1E5 #4893E5

triadic

#48E1E5 #E548E1 #E1E548

tetradic

#48E1E5 #9B48E5 #E54C48 #93E548

square

#48E1E5 #9B48E5 #E54C48 #93E548

split-complementary

#48E1E5 #E54893 #E59B48

monochromatic

#16999C #1ECDD2 #48E1E5 #7EEAED #B3F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#48E1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1E5

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1E5	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebed',
    500: '#48e1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1e5;
$custom-light: #90ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.529,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8333,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1E5

secondary

#A03432

accent

#3B36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1E5

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

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