#48E1ED#48E1ED

#48E1ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1ED
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 237)
HSL	hsl(184, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -35.48, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 39.55, 206.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.1158 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.126 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8770, 61.3373, 89.5785)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1ED #ED5448

analogous

#48EDA7 #48E1ED #488EED

triadic

#48E1ED #ED48E1 #E1ED48

tetradic

#48E1ED #A748ED #ED5448 #8EED48

square

#48E1ED #A748ED #ED5448 #8EED48

split-complementary

#48E1ED #ED488E #EDA748

monochromatic

#119FAA #16D3E2 #48E1ED #80EAF2 #B7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#48E1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1ED

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1ED	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ebf2',
    500: '#48e1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1ed;
$custom-light: #91ebf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8361,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1ED

secondary

#AB372E

accent

#1707DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1ED

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

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