#48E0CC#48E0CC

#48E0CC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0CC
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 204)
HSL	hsl(172, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -44.08, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 44.12, 182.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.1288 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.129 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2220, 59.0441, 66.3919)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0CC #E0485C

analogous

#48E080 #48E0CC #48A8E0

triadic

#48E0CC #CC48E0 #E0CC48

tetradic

#48E0CC #8048E0 #E0485C #A8E048

square

#48E0CC #8048E0 #E0485C #A8E048

split-complementary

#48E0CC #E048A8 #E08048

monochromatic

#199484 #22C9B3 #48E0CC #7CE9DB #B1F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48E0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#48E0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0CC

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0CC	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eeadb',
    500: '#48e0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0cc;
$custom-light: #8eeadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0CC

secondary

#993341

accent

#3A52EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0CC

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

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