#48E1BD#48E1BD

#48E1BD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1BD
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 189)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 16%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -48.28, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 48.65, 172.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.1366 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.137 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7784, 58.8979, 57.4590)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1BD #E1486C

analogous

#48E170 #48E1BD #48B9E1

triadic

#48E1BD #BD48E1 #E1BD48

tetradic

#48E1BD #7048E1 #E1486C #B9E148

square

#48E1BD #7048E1 #E1486C #B9E148

split-complementary

#48E1BD #E148B9 #E17048

monochromatic

#199678 #21CBA3 #48E1BD #7DEAD0 #B1F2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48E1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#48E1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1BD

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1BD	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebd0',
    500: '#48e1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1bd;
$custom-light: #8eebd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82095,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1BD

secondary

#9A334B

accent

#3964EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1BD

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

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