#48E0BC#48E0BC

#48E0BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0BC
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 16.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -48.10, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 48.48, 172.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.136 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.137 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4007, 58.3155, 56.7994)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0BC #E0486C

analogous

#48E070 #48E0BC #48B8E0

triadic

#48E0BC #BC48E0 #E0BC48

tetradic

#48E0BC #7048E0 #E0486C #B8E048

square

#48E0BC #7048E0 #E0486C #B8E048

split-complementary

#48E0BC #E048B8 #E07048

monochromatic

#199477 #22C9A1 #48E0BC #7CE9CF #B1F2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#48E0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0BC

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0BC	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dead0',
    500: '#48e0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0bc;
$custom-light: #8dead0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0BC

secondary

#99334B

accent

#3A65EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0BC

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

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