#48E2EF#48E2EF

#48E2EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.126 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2EF
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -35.37, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 39.69, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.1159 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.126 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4420, 61.9971, 91.2163)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2EF #EF5548

analogous

#48EFA9 #48E2EF #488EEF

triadic

#48E2EF #EF48E2 #E2EF48

tetradic

#48E2EF #A948EF #EF5548 #8EEF48

square

#48E2EF #A948EF #EF5548 #8EEF48

split-complementary

#48E2EF #EF488E #EFA948

monochromatic

#0FA1AD #14D5E6 #48E2EF #80EBF4 #B9F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#48E2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#48E2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2EF

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2EF	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.126 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ebf4',
    500: '#48e2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2ef;
$custom-light: #91ebf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.671,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83916,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2EF

secondary

#AE372D

accent

#1605E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2EF

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

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