#48E2E8#48E2E8

#48E2E8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2E8
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 232)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 2.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -37.37, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 40.13, 201.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.1188 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.126 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4278, 61.5914, 85.8751)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2E8 #E84E48

analogous

#48E89E #48E2E8 #4892E8

triadic

#48E2E8 #E848E2 #E2E848

tetradic

#48E2E8 #9E48E8 #E84E48 #92E848

square

#48E2E8 #9E48E8 #E84E48 #92E848

split-complementary

#48E2E8 #E84892 #E89E48

monochromatic

#149CA1 #1BD1D8 #48E2E8 #7EEBEF #B5F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#48E2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2E8

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2E8	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ebef',
    500: '#48e2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2e8;
$custom-light: #91ebef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83669,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2E8

secondary

#A43530

accent

#3B34F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2E8

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

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