#48E6E2#48E6E2

#48E6E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.128 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6E2
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 226)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -40.86, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 42.06, 193.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.1252 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.128 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6905, 63.4571, 81.8299)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6E2 #E6484C

analogous

#48E693 #48E6E2 #489BE6

triadic

#48E6E2 #E248E6 #E6E248

tetradic

#48E6E2 #9348E6 #E6484C #9BE648

square

#48E6E2 #9348E6 #E6484C #9BE648

split-complementary

#48E6E2 #E6489B #E69348

monochromatic

#169E9B #1DD4CF #48E6E2 #7EEDEB #B4F5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#48E6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#48E6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6E2

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6E2	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)

#D8DBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.128 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeeb',
    500: '#48e6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6e2;
$custom-light: #91eeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.481,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84411,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6E2

secondary

#A13134

accent

#353AF3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6E2

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

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