#48E5E2#48E5E2

#48E5E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.128 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5E2
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 226)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -40.41, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 41.73, 194.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.1242 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.128 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4130, 62.9022, 81.7374)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5E2 #E5484B

analogous

#48E594 #48E5E2 #4899E5

triadic

#48E5E2 #E248E5 #E5E248

tetradic

#48E5E2 #9448E5 #E5484B #99E548

square

#48E5E2 #9448E5 #E5484B #99E548

split-complementary

#48E5E2 #E54899 #E59448

monochromatic

#169C9A #1ED2CF #48E5E2 #7EEDEA #B3F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#48E5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#48E5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5E2

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5E2	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.128 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeeb',
    500: '#48e5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5e2;
$custom-light: #91eeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.854,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84174,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5E2

secondary

#A03234

accent

#363AF2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5E2

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

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