#48E5E3#48E5E3

#48E5E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5E3
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 227)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -40.14, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 41.59, 195.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.1238 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.127 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5506, 62.9572, 82.4622)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5E3 #E5484A

analogous

#48E595 #48E5E3 #4899E5

triadic

#48E5E3 #E348E5 #E5E348

tetradic

#48E5E3 #9548E5 #E5484A #99E548

square

#48E5E3 #9548E5 #E5484A #99E548

split-complementary

#48E5E3 #E54899 #E59548

monochromatic

#169C9B #1ED2D0 #48E5E3 #7EEDEB #B3F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#48E5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5E3

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5E3	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeeb',
    500: '#48e5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5e3;
$custom-light: #91eeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.236,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84207,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5E3

secondary

#A03233

accent

#3638F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5E3

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

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