#48E2E5#48E2E5

#48E2E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.125 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2E5
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 229)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -38.22, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 40.42, 199.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.12 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.125 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0054, 61.4225, 83.6501)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2E5 #E54B48

analogous

#48E599 #48E2E5 #4894E5

triadic

#48E2E5 #E548E2 #E2E548

tetradic

#48E2E5 #9948E5 #E54B48 #94E548

square

#48E2E5 #9948E5 #E54B48 #94E548

split-complementary

#48E2E5 #E54894 #E59948

monochromatic

#169A9C #1ECFD2 #48E2E5 #7EEAED #B3F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#48E2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2E5

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2E5	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.125 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebed',
    500: '#48e2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2e5;
$custom-light: #90ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.146,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83566,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2E5

secondary

#A03432

accent

#3A36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2E5

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

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