#48E5EC#48E5EC

#48E5EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.127 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5EC
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -37.62, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 40.59, 202.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.12 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.127 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8254, 63.4671, 89.1758)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5EC #EC4F48

analogous

#48ECA1 #48E5EC #4893EC

triadic

#48E5EC #EC48E5 #E5EC48

tetradic

#48E5EC #A148EC #EC4F48 #93EC48

square

#48E5EC #A148EC #EC4F48 #93EC48

split-complementary

#48E5EC #EC4893 #ECA148

monochromatic

#11A2A8 #17D7E0 #48E5EC #7FEDF2 #B7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#48E5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#48E5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5EC

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5EC	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.127 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91edf2',
    500: '#48e5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5ec;
$custom-light: #91edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.561,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84513,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5EC

secondary

#AA342F

accent

#1108DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5EC

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

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