#48E3D3#48E3D3

#48E3D3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3D3
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 211)
HSL	hsl(174, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -43.56, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 43.74, 185.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.1287 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.129 185)
XYZ	xyz(41.8939, 61.0142, 71.1844)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3D3 #E34858

analogous

#48E385 #48E3D3 #48A6E3

triadic

#48E3D3 #D348E3 #E3D348

tetradic

#48E3D3 #8548E3 #E34858 #A6E348

square

#48E3D3 #8548E3 #E34858 #A6E348

split-complementary

#48E3D3 #E348A6 #E38548

monochromatic

#17998C #20CEBC #48E3D3 #7DEBE0 #B2F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#48E3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3D3

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3D3	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)

#D8D7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fece0',
    500: '#48e3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3d3;
$custom-light: #8fece0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.806,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83219,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.61019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3D3

secondary

#9D323D

accent

#384BF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3D3

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

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