#48E6E5#48E6E5

#48E6E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6E5
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 229)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -40.04, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 41.64, 195.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.1239 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.128 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1057, 63.6232, 84.0168)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6E5 #E64849

analogous

#48E696 #48E6E5 #4898E6

triadic

#48E6E5 #E548E6 #E6E548

tetradic

#48E6E5 #9648E6 #E64849 #98E648

square

#48E6E5 #9648E6 #E64849 #98E648

split-complementary

#48E6E5 #E64898 #E69648

monochromatic

#169E9D #1DD4D3 #48E6E5 #7EEDED #B4F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#48E6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#48E6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6E5

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6E5	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91eeed',
    500: '#48e6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6e5;
$custom-light: #91eeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.62,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8451,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6E5

secondary

#A13132

accent

#3536F3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6E5

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

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