#48E4E5#48E4E5

#48E4E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.127 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4E5
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 229)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -39.13, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 41.02, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.122 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.127 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5524, 62.5165, 83.8324)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4E5 #E54948

analogous

#48E598 #48E4E5 #4896E5

triadic

#48E4E5 #E548E4 #E4E548

tetradic

#48E4E5 #9848E5 #E54948 #96E548

square

#48E4E5 #9848E5 #E54948 #96E548

split-complementary

#48E4E5 #E54896 #E59848

monochromatic

#169C9C #1ED1D2 #48E4E5 #7EECED #B3F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#48E4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#48E4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4E5

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4E5	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.127 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eded',
    500: '#48e4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4e5;
$custom-light: #91eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.382,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84038,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4E5

secondary

#A03232

accent

#3736F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →