#48E9F0#48E9F0

#48E9F0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.130 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E9F0
RGB	rgb(72, 233, 240)
HSL	hsl(183, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 2.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -38.32, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 41.32, 201.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.1222 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.13 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5325, 65.9412, 92.6440)
Luminance	0.6595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E9F0 #F04F48

analogous

#48F0A3 #48E9F0 #4895F0

triadic

#48E9F0 #F048E9 #E9F048

tetradic

#48E9F0 #A348F0 #F04F48 #95F048

square

#48E9F0 #A348F0 #F04F48 #95F048

split-complementary

#48E9F0 #F04895 #F0A348

monochromatic

#0EA9AF #13DFE8 #48E9F0 #81F0F5 #B9F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#48E9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#48E9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E9F0

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E9F0	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CDF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.130 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92f0f4',
    500: '#48e9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e9f0;
$custom-light: #92f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85589,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E9F0

secondary

#AF322D

accent

#0D04E1

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E9F0

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

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