#48E6D8#48E6D8

#48E6D8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6D8
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 216)
HSL	hsl(175, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -43.56, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 43.86, 186.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.1295 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.13 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3582, 62.9242, 74.8129)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6D8 #E64856

analogous

#48E689 #48E6D8 #48A5E6

triadic

#48E6D8 #D848E6 #E6D848

tetradic

#48E6D8 #8948E6 #E64856 #A5E648

square

#48E6D8 #8948E6 #E64856 #A5E648

split-complementary

#48E6D8 #E648A5 #E68948

monochromatic

#169E92 #1DD4C4 #48E6D8 #7EEDE3 #B4F5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#48E6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#48E6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6D8

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6D8	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90eee4',
    500: '#48e6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6d8;
$custom-light: #90eee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8409,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6D8

secondary

#A1313B

accent

#3546F3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6D8

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

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