#48E4E9#48E4E9

#48E4E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4E9
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -38.01, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 40.59, 200.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.1203 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.127 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1173, 62.7424, 86.8077)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4E9 #E94D48

analogous

#48E99D #48E4E9 #4894E9

triadic

#48E4E9 #E948E4 #E4E948

tetradic

#48E4E9 #9D48E9 #E94D48 #94E948

square

#48E4E9 #9D48E9 #E94D48 #94E948

split-complementary

#48E4E9 #E94894 #E99D48

monochromatic

#149FA3 #1AD4DA #48E4E9 #7FECF0 #B5F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#48E4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#48E4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4E9

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4E9	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91edf0',
    500: '#48e4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4e9;
$custom-light: #91edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.863,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84174,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4E9

secondary

#A53430

accent

#3933F5

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4E9

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

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