#48E3DC#48E3DC

#48E3DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3DC
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 220)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -41.15, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 41.99, 191.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.1248 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.127 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0539, 61.4782, 77.2937)
Luminance	0.6148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3DC #E3484F

analogous

#48E38E #48E3DC #489CE3

triadic

#48E3DC #DC48E3 #E3DC48

tetradic

#48E3DC #8E48E3 #E3484F #9CE348

square

#48E3DC #8E48E3 #E3484F #9CE348

split-complementary

#48E3DC #E3489C #E38E48

monochromatic

#179993 #20CEC6 #48E3DC #7DEBE6 #B2F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#48E3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3DC

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3DC	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ece6',
    500: '#48e3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3dc;
$custom-light: #90ece6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.29,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83503,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3DC

secondary

#9D3237

accent

#3840F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3DC

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

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