#48E2CC#48E2CC

#48E2CC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2CC
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 204)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -44.95, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 44.96, 181.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.1308 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.131 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7627, 60.1254, 66.5721)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2CC #E2485E

analogous

#48E27F #48E2CC #48ABE2

triadic

#48E2CC #CC48E2 #E2CC48

tetradic

#48E2CC #7F48E2 #E2485E #ABE248

square

#48E2CC #7F48E2 #E2485E #ABE248

split-complementary

#48E2CC #E248AB #E27F48

monochromatic

#189885 #20CCB4 #48E2CC #7DEADB #B2F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48E2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#48E2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2CC

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2CC	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fecdb',
    500: '#48e2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2cc;
$custom-light: #8fecdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82766,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2CC

secondary

#9C3342

accent

#3853EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2CC

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

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