#48E8C2#48E8C2

#48E8C2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8C2
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 194)
HSL	hsl(166, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 16.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -49.99, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 50.42, 172.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.1412 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.142 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2618, 62.9813, 61.0105)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8C2 #E8486E

analogous

#48E872 #48E8C2 #48BEE8

triadic

#48E8C2 #C248E8 #E8C248

tetradic

#48E8C2 #7248E8 #E8486E #BEE848

square

#48E8C2 #7248E8 #E8486E #BEE848

split-complementary

#48E8C2 #E848BE #E87248

monochromatic

#14A180 #1BD8AB #48E8C2 #7EEFD4 #B5F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#48E8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8C2

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8C2	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ff0d4',
    500: '#48e8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8c2;
$custom-light: #8ff0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.75,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83929,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8C2

secondary

#A4304C

accent

#3461F4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8C2

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

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