#48E0D9#48E0D9

#48E0D9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.125 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0D9
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 217)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 3.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -40.62, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 41.44, 191.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.1232 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.125 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8468, 59.6940, 74.9488)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0D9 #E0484F

analogous

#48E08D #48E0D9 #489BE0

triadic

#48E0D9 #D948E0 #E0D948

tetradic

#48E0D9 #8D48E0 #E0484F #9BE048

square

#48E0D9 #8D48E0 #E0484F #9BE048

split-complementary

#48E0D9 #E0489B #E08D48

monochromatic

#19948F #22C9C1 #48E0D9 #7CE9E4 #B1F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#48E0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0D9

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0D9	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.125 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8feae4',
    500: '#48e0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0d9;
$custom-light: #8feae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.237,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0D9

secondary

#993338

accent

#3A42EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0D9

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

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