#48E5E5#48E5E5

#48E5E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.127 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5E5
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 229)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -39.58, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 41.32, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.1229 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.127 195)
XYZ	xyz(44.8283, 63.0683, 83.9244)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5E5 #E54848

analogous

#48E597 #48E5E5 #4897E5

triadic

#48E5E5 #E548E5 #E5E548

tetradic

#48E5E5 #9748E5 #E54848 #97E548

square

#48E5E5 #9748E5 #E54848 #97E548

split-complementary

#48E5E5 #E54897 #E59748

monochromatic

#169C9C #1ED2D2 #48E5E5 #7EEDED #B3F4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#48E5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5E5

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5E5	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.127 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeed',
    500: '#48e5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5e5;
$custom-light: #91eeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84274,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.63073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5E5

secondary

#A03232

accent

#3636F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5E5

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

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