#48E5E4#48E5E4

#48E5E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5E4
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -39.86, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 41.45, 195.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.1234 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.127 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6890, 63.0126, 83.1911)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5E4 #E54849

analogous

#48E596 #48E5E4 #4898E5

triadic

#48E5E4 #E448E5 #E5E448

tetradic

#48E5E4 #9648E5 #E54849 #98E548

square

#48E5E4 #9648E5 #E54849 #98E548

split-complementary

#48E5E4 #E54898 #E59648

monochromatic

#169C9C #1ED2D1 #48E5E4 #7EEDEC #B3F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#48E5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5E4

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5E4	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeec',
    500: '#48e5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5e4;
$custom-light: #91eeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.618,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8424,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5E4

secondary

#A03232

accent

#3637F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5E4

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

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