#48E8DD#48E8DD

#48E8DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.131 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8DD
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 221)
HSL	hsl(176, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 4.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -43.11, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 43.62, 188.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.1293 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.131 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5742, 64.3062, 78.4557)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8DD #E84853

analogous

#48E88D #48E8DD #48A3E8

triadic

#48E8DD #DD48E8 #E8DD48

tetradic

#48E8DD #8D48E8 #E84853 #A3E848

square

#48E8DD #8D48E8 #E84853 #A3E848

split-complementary

#48E8DD #E848A3 #E88D48

monochromatic

#14A198 #1BD8CB #48E8DD #7EEFE7 #B5F6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#48E8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#48E8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8DD

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8DD	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.131 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91f0e7',
    500: '#48e8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8dd;
$custom-light: #91f0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84723,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8DD

secondary

#A43038

accent

#3441F4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8DD

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

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