#48E2CE#48E2CE

#48E2CE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2CE
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 206)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -44.43, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 44.47, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.1299 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.13 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0041, 60.2220, 67.8435)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2CE #E2485C

analogous

#48E281 #48E2CE #48A9E2

triadic

#48E2CE #CE48E2 #E2CE48

tetradic

#48E2CE #8148E2 #E2485C #A9E248

square

#48E2CE #8148E2 #E2485C #A9E248

split-complementary

#48E2CE #E248A9 #E28148

monochromatic

#189887 #20CCB6 #48E2CE #7DEADC #B2F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#48E2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#48E2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2CE

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2CE	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fecdc',
    500: '#48e2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2ce;
$custom-light: #8fecdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.208,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82826,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2CE

secondary

#9C3340

accent

#3850EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2CE

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

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