#48E7DC#48E7DC

#48E7DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.130 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E7DC
RGB	rgb(72, 231, 220)
HSL	hsl(176, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -42.93, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 43.44, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.1287 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.13 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1607, 63.6917, 77.6626)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E7DC #E74853

analogous

#48E78D #48E7DC #48A3E7

triadic

#48E7DC #DC48E7 #E7DC48

tetradic

#48E7DC #8D48E7 #E74853 #A3E748

square

#48E7DC #8D48E7 #E74853 #A3E748

split-complementary

#48E7DC #E748A3 #E78D48

monochromatic

#15A096 #1CD6C9 #48E7DC #7EEEE6 #B4F5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#48E7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#48E7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E7DC

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E7DC	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 231, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.130 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90efe6',
    500: '#48e7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e7dc;
$custom-light: #90efe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.849,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84454,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E7DC

secondary

#A23139

accent

#3442F3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E7DC

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

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