#48E3DD#48E3DD

#48E3DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3DD
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 221)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -40.88, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 41.83, 192.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.1244 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.127 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1867, 61.5313, 77.9933)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3DD #E3484E

analogous

#48E38F #48E3DD #489CE3

triadic

#48E3DD #DD48E3 #E3DD48

tetradic

#48E3DD #8F48E3 #E3484E #9CE348

square

#48E3DD #8F48E3 #E3484E #9CE348

split-complementary

#48E3DD #E3489C #E38F48

monochromatic

#179994 #20CEC7 #48E3DD #7DEBE7 #B2F3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#48E3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3DD

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3DD	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ece7',
    500: '#48e3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3dd;
$custom-light: #90ece7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.677,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3DD

secondary

#9D3236

accent

#383FF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3DD

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

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