#48E2E9#48E2E9

#48E2E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2E9
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 233)
HSL	hsl(183, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -37.09, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 40.05, 202.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.1184 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.126 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5703, 61.6484, 86.6253)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2E9 #E94F48

analogous

#48E9A0 #48E2E9 #4891E9

triadic

#48E2E9 #E948E2 #E2E948

tetradic

#48E2E9 #A048E9 #E94F48 #91E948

square

#48E2E9 #A048E9 #E94F48 #91E948

split-complementary

#48E2E9 #E94891 #E9A048

monochromatic

#149DA3 #1AD1DA #48E2E9 #7FEBF0 #B5F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#48E2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2E9

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2E9	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ebf0',
    500: '#48e2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2e9;
$custom-light: #91ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83704,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2E9

secondary

#A53530

accent

#3B33F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2E9

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

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