#48E8E8#48E8E8

#48E8E8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.129 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8E8
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 232)
HSL	hsl(180, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -40.11, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 41.87, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.1246 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.129 195)
XYZ	xyz(46.0880, 64.9117, 86.4285)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8E8 #E84848

analogous

#48E898 #48E8E8 #4898E8

triadic

#48E8E8 #E848E8 #E8E848

tetradic

#48E8E8 #9848E8 #E84848 #98E848

square

#48E8E8 #9848E8 #E84848 #98E848

split-complementary

#48E8E8 #E84898 #E89848

monochromatic

#14A1A1 #1BD8D8 #48E8E8 #7EEFEF #B5F6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#48E8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#48E8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8E8

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8E8	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.129 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91f0ef',
    500: '#48e8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8e8;
$custom-light: #91f0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85082,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.64917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8E8

secondary

#A43030

accent

#3434F4

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8E8

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

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