#48E2CD#48E2CD

#48E2CD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2CD
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 205)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -44.69, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 44.71, 181.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.1304 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.13 182)
XYZ	xyz(40.8830, 60.1735, 67.2058)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2CD #E2485D

analogous

#48E280 #48E2CD #48AAE2

triadic

#48E2CD #CD48E2 #E2CD48

tetradic

#48E2CD #8048E2 #E2485D #AAE248

square

#48E2CD #8048E2 #E2485D #AAE248

split-complementary

#48E2CD #E248AA #E28048

monochromatic

#189886 #20CCB5 #48E2CD #7DEADB #B2F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48E2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#48E2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2CD

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2CD	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fecdc',
    500: '#48e2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2cd;
$custom-light: #8fecdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82796,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.60178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2CD

secondary

#9C3341

accent

#3851EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2CD

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

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