#48E3E9#48E3E9

#48E3E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.126 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3E9
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -37.55, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 40.31, 201.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.1193 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.126 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8430, 62.1938, 86.7162)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3E9 #E94E48

analogous

#48E99F #48E3E9 #4893E9

triadic

#48E3E9 #E948E3 #E3E948

tetradic

#48E3E9 #9F48E9 #E94E48 #93E948

square

#48E3E9 #9F48E9 #E94E48 #93E948

split-complementary

#48E3E9 #E94893 #E99F48

monochromatic

#149EA3 #1AD3DA #48E3E9 #7FEBF0 #B5F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#48E3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#48E3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3E9

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3E9	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.126 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ecf0',
    500: '#48e3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3e9;
$custom-light: #91ecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.236,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83939,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3E9

secondary

#A53430

accent

#3A33F5

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3E9

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

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