#48E2CA#48E2CA

#48E2CA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2CA
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 202)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -45.46, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 45.46, 179.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.1317 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.132 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5244, 60.0301, 65.3169)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2CA #E24860

analogous

#48E27D #48E2CA #48ADE2

triadic

#48E2CA #CA48E2 #E2CA48

tetradic

#48E2CA #7D48E2 #E24860 #ADE248

square

#48E2CA #7D48E2 #E24860 #ADE248

split-complementary

#48E2CA #E248AD #E27D48

monochromatic

#189884 #20CCB2 #48E2CA #7DEAD9 #B2F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48E2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#48E2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2CA

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2CA	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eecda',
    500: '#48e2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2ca;
$custom-light: #8eecda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.649,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82707,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2CA

secondary

#9C3343

accent

#3855EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2CA

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

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