#48E4EA#48E4EA

#48E4EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4EA
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -37.73, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 40.50, 201.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.1199 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.127 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2605, 62.7997, 87.5621)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4EA #EA4E48

analogous

#48EA9F #48E4EA #4893EA

triadic

#48E4EA #EA48E4 #E4EA48

tetradic

#48E4EA #9F48EA #EA4E48 #93EA48

square

#48E4EA #9F48EA #EA4E48 #93EA48

split-complementary

#48E4EA #EA4893 #EA9F48

monochromatic

#139FA5 #19D4DC #48E4EA #7FECF0 #B6F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#48E4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#48E4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4EA

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4EA	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91edf0',
    500: '#48e4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4ea;
$custom-light: #91edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 79.412,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84209,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4EA

secondary

#A73430

accent

#3932F6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4EA

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

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