#48E9E6#48E9E6

#48E9E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.130 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E9E6
RGB	rgb(72, 233, 230)
HSL	hsl(179, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -41.11, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 42.46, 194.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.1264 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.13 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0878, 65.3633, 85.0350)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E9E6 #E9484B

analogous

#48E996 #48E9E6 #489CE9

triadic

#48E9E6 #E648E9 #E9E648

tetradic

#48E9E6 #9648E9 #E9484B #9CE948

square

#48E9E6 #9648E9 #E9484B #9CE948

split-complementary

#48E9E6 #E9489C #E99648

monochromatic

#14A3A0 #1ADAD6 #48E9E6 #7FF0ED #B5F6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#48E9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#48E9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E9E6

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E9E6	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.130 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91f0ed',
    500: '#48e9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e9e6;
$custom-light: #91f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.882,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85251,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E9E6

secondary

#A53032

accent

#3336F5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1716

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E9E6

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

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