#48E1DB#48E1DB

#48E1DB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.126 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1DB
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 219)
HSL	hsl(178, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -40.53, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 41.46, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.1233 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.126 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3780, 60.3377, 76.4170)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1DB #E1484E

analogous

#48E18E #48E1DB #489AE1

triadic

#48E1DB #DB48E1 #E1DB48

tetradic

#48E1DB #8E48E1 #E1484E #9AE148

square

#48E1DB #8E48E1 #E1484E #9AE148

split-complementary

#48E1DB #E1489A #E18E48

monochromatic

#199691 #21CBC4 #48E1DB #7DEAE5 #B1F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48E1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#48E1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1DB

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1DB	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.126 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebe6',
    500: '#48e1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1db;
$custom-light: #90ebe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82996,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1DB

secondary

#9A3337

accent

#3940EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1DB

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

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