#48E1E9#48E1E9

#48E1E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.125 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1E9
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 233)
HSL	hsl(183, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -36.63, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 39.79, 202.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.1174 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.125 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2992, 61.1062, 86.5350)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1E9 #E95048

analogous

#48E9A0 #48E1E9 #4891E9

triadic

#48E1E9 #E948E1 #E1E948

tetradic

#48E1E9 #A048E9 #E95048 #91E948

square

#48E1E9 #A048E9 #E95048 #91E948

split-complementary

#48E1E9 #E94891 #E9A048

monochromatic

#149CA3 #1AD0DA #48E1E9 #7FEAF0 #B5F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E1E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#48E1E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1E9

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1E9	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.125 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ebf0',
    500: '#48e1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1e9;
$custom-light: #91ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.981,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83469,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1E9

secondary

#A53630

accent

#3C33F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1E9

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

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