#48EBE9#48EBE9

#48EBE9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.131 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48EBE9
RGB	rgb(72, 235, 233)
HSL	hsl(179, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -41.18, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 42.68, 195.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.127 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.131 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0821, 66.6720, 87.4626)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48EBE9 #EB484A

analogous

#48EB98 #48EBE9 #489BEB

triadic

#48EBE9 #E948EB #EBE948

tetradic

#48EBE9 #9848EB #EB484A #9BEB48

square

#48EBE9 #9848EB #EB484A #9BEB48

split-complementary

#48EBE9 #EB489B #EB9848

monochromatic

#12A6A5 #18DEDB #48EBE9 #7FF1F0 #B6F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#48EBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#48EBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48EBE9

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48EBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48EBE9	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ebe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 235, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.131 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92f2f0',
    500: '#48ebe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ebe9;
$custom-light: #92f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ebe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.264,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85822,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48EBE9

secondary

#A82F31

accent

#090BDD

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1716

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #48EBE9

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

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