#48E8C8#48E8C8

#48E8C8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8C8
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 200)
HSL	hsl(168, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 13.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -48.53, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 48.66, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.1385 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.139 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9493, 63.2562, 64.6312)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8C8 #E84868

analogous

#48E878 #48E8C8 #48B8E8

triadic

#48E8C8 #C848E8 #E8C848

tetradic

#48E8C8 #7848E8 #E84868 #B8E848

square

#48E8C8 #7848E8 #E84868 #B8E848

split-complementary

#48E8C8 #E848B8 #E87848

monochromatic

#14A185 #1BD8B2 #48E8C8 #7EEFD8 #B5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#48E8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#48E8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8C8

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8C8	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFDAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ff0d8',
    500: '#48e8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8c8;
$custom-light: #8ff0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84095,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8C8

secondary

#A43047

accent

#345AF4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8C8

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

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