#48E3DE#48E3DE

#48E3DE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.127 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3DE
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 222)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -40.61, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 41.67, 192.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.124 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.127 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3204, 61.5848, 78.6970)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3DE #E3484D

analogous

#48E391 #48E3DE #489AE3

triadic

#48E3DE #DE48E3 #E3DE48

tetradic

#48E3DE #9148E3 #E3484D #9AE348

square

#48E3DE #9148E3 #E3484D #9AE348

split-complementary

#48E3DE #E3489A #E39148

monochromatic

#179995 #20CEC9 #48E3DE #7DEBE8 #B2F3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#48E3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3DE

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3DE	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.127 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ece8',
    500: '#48e3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3de;
$custom-light: #90ece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83569,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3DE

secondary

#9D3236

accent

#383EF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3DE

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

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