#48E4DD#48E4DD

#48E4DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.128 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4DD
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 221)
HSL	hsl(177, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -41.33, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 42.18, 191.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.1254 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.128 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4610, 62.0799, 78.0847)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4DD #E4484F

analogous

#48E48F #48E4DD #489DE4

triadic

#48E4DD #DD48E4 #E4DD48

tetradic

#48E4DD #8F48E4 #E4484F #9DE448

square

#48E4DD #8F48E4 #E4484F #9DE448

split-complementary

#48E4DD #E4489D #E48F48

monochromatic

#179B95 #1FD0C8 #48E4DD #7DECE7 #B3F4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#48E4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#48E4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4DD

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4DD	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.128 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ede7',
    500: '#48e4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4dd;
$custom-light: #90ede7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.308,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83773,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4DD

secondary

#9E3237

accent

#373FF1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4DD

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

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