#48E6E4#48E6E4

#48E6E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6E4
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 228)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -40.31, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 41.77, 195.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.1243 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.128 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9665, 63.5675, 83.2836)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6E4 #E6484A

analogous

#48E695 #48E6E4 #4899E6

triadic

#48E6E4 #E448E6 #E6E448

tetradic

#48E6E4 #9548E6 #E6484A #99E648

square

#48E6E4 #9548E6 #E6484A #99E648

split-complementary

#48E6E4 #E64899 #E69548

monochromatic

#169E9C #1DD4D2 #48E6E4 #7EEDEC #B4F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#48E6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#48E6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6E4

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6E4	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeec',
    500: '#48e6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6e4;
$custom-light: #91eeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.241,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84477,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6E4

secondary

#A13133

accent

#3538F3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6E4

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

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