#48E3DB#48E3DB

#48E3DB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3DB
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 219)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -41.43, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 42.17, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.1252 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.127 190)
XYZ	xyz(42.9219, 61.4254, 76.5983)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3DB #E34850

analogous

#48E38D #48E3DB #489DE3

triadic

#48E3DB #DB48E3 #E3DB48

tetradic

#48E3DB #8D48E3 #E34850 #9DE348

square

#48E3DB #8D48E3 #E34850 #9DE348

split-complementary

#48E3DB #E3489D #E38D48

monochromatic

#179992 #20CEC5 #48E3DB #7DEBE5 #B2F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#48E3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3DB

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3DB	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ece6',
    500: '#48e3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3db;
$custom-light: #90ece6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.903,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83471,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.6143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3DB

secondary

#9D3238

accent

#3841F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3DB

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

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