#48E1BC#48E1BC

#48E1BC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.138 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1BC
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 16.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -48.52, 6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 48.96, 172.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.137 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.138 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6702, 58.8546, 56.8893)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1BC #E1486D

analogous

#48E16F #48E1BC #48BAE1

triadic

#48E1BC #BC48E1 #E1BC48

tetradic

#48E1BC #6F48E1 #E1486D #BAE148

square

#48E1BC #6F48E1 #E1486D #BAE148

split-complementary

#48E1BC #E148BA #E16F48

monochromatic

#199678 #21CBA2 #48E1BC #7DEACF #B1F2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48E1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#48E1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1BC

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1BC	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.138 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebd0',
    500: '#48e1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1bc;
$custom-light: #8eebd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.49,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82067,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1BC

secondary

#9A334C

accent

#3965EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1BC

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

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