#48E3DF#48E3DF

#48E3DF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.127 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3DF
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 223)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -40.34, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 41.51, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.1235 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.127 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4548, 61.6386, 79.4050)
Luminance	0.6164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3DF #E3484C

analogous

#48E391 #48E3DF #4899E3

triadic

#48E3DF #DF48E3 #E3DF48

tetradic

#48E3DF #9148E3 #E3484C #99E348

square

#48E3DF #9148E3 #E3484C #99E348

split-complementary

#48E3DF #E34899 #E39148

monochromatic

#179996 #20CECA #48E3DF #7DEBE8 #B2F3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#48E3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3DF

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3DF	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.127 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ece8',
    500: '#48e3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3df;
$custom-light: #90ece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.452,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83601,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3DF

secondary

#9D3235

accent

#383CF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3DF

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

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