#48E2DD#48E2DD

#48E2DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.126 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2DD
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 221)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -40.43, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 41.48, 192.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.1234 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.126 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9140, 60.9859, 77.9024)
Luminance	0.6099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2DD #E2484D

analogous

#48E290 #48E2DD #489AE2

triadic

#48E2DD #DD48E2 #E2DD48

tetradic

#48E2DD #9048E2 #E2484D #9AE248

square

#48E2DD #9048E2 #E2484D #9AE248

split-complementary

#48E2DD #E2489A #E29048

monochromatic

#189893 #20CCC7 #48E2DD #7DEAE7 #B2F3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#48E2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2DD

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2DD	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.126 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ebe7',
    500: '#48e2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2dd;
$custom-light: #90ebe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.052,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83299,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2DD

secondary

#9C3336

accent

#383EEF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2DD

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

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