#48E2DA#48E2DA

#48E2DA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.127 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2DA
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 218)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -41.25, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 41.98, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.1247 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.127 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5179, 60.8275, 75.8161)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2DA #E24850

analogous

#48E28D #48E2DA #489DE2

triadic

#48E2DA #DA48E2 #E2DA48

tetradic

#48E2DA #8D48E2 #E24850 #9DE248

square

#48E2DA #8D48E2 #E24850 #9DE248

split-complementary

#48E2DA #E2489D #E28D48

monochromatic

#189891 #20CCC3 #48E2DA #7DEAE5 #B2F3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#48E2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2DA

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2DA	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.127 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebe5',
    500: '#48e2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2da;
$custom-light: #90ebe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83201,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2DA

secondary

#9C3338

accent

#3842EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2DA

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

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