#48E3BD#48E3BD

#48E3BD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3BD
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 189)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 16.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -49.12, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 49.60, 172.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.1385 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.14 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3222, 59.9855, 57.6402)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3BD #E3486E

analogous

#48E36F #48E3BD #48BCE3

triadic

#48E3BD #BD48E3 #E3BD48

tetradic

#48E3BD #6F48E3 #E3486E #BCE348

square

#48E3BD #6F48E3 #E3486E #BCE348

split-complementary

#48E3BD #E348BC #E36F48

monochromatic

#179979 #20CEA3 #48E3BD #7DEBD0 #B2F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#48E3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3BD

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3BD	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eecd0',
    500: '#48e3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3bd;
$custom-light: #8eecd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.29,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82581,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3BD

secondary

#9D324C

accent

#3865F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3BD

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

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