#48E0D8#48E0D8

#48E0D8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.125 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0D8
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 216)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -40.90, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 41.61, 190.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.1236 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.125 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7171, 59.6421, 74.2659)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0D8 #E04850

analogous

#48E08C #48E0D8 #489CE0

triadic

#48E0D8 #D848E0 #E0D848

tetradic

#48E0D8 #8C48E0 #E04850 #9CE048

square

#48E0D8 #8C48E0 #E04850 #9CE048

split-complementary

#48E0D8 #E0489C #E08C48

monochromatic

#19948E #22C9C0 #48E0D8 #7CE9E3 #B1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#48E0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0D8

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0D8	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.125 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8feae4',
    500: '#48e0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0d8;
$custom-light: #8feae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8266,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0D8

secondary

#993339

accent

#3A43EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0D8

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

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