#48E0D0#48E0D0

#48E0D0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.128 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0D0
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 208)
HSL	hsl(174, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 7.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -43.03, -3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 43.20, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.1271 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.128 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7079, 59.2384, 68.9510)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0D0 #E04858

analogous

#48E084 #48E0D0 #48A4E0

triadic

#48E0D0 #D048E0 #E0D048

tetradic

#48E0D0 #8448E0 #E04858 #A4E048

square

#48E0D0 #8448E0 #E04858 #A4E048

split-complementary

#48E0D0 #E048A4 #E08448

monochromatic

#199487 #22C9B7 #48E0D0 #7CE9DD #B1F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#48E0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#48E0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0D0

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0D0	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.128 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8feade',
    500: '#48e0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0d0;
$custom-light: #8feade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0D0

secondary

#99333E

accent

#3A4DEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0D0

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

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