#48E8DE#48E8DE

#48E8DE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8DE
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 222)
HSL	hsl(176, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 4.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -42.84, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 43.43, 189.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.1288 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.13 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7078, 64.3597, 79.1595)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8DE #E84852

analogous

#48E88E #48E8DE #48A2E8

triadic

#48E8DE #DE48E8 #E8DE48

tetradic

#48E8DE #8E48E8 #E84852 #A2E848

square

#48E8DE #8E48E8 #E84852 #A2E848

split-complementary

#48E8DE #E848A2 #E88E48

monochromatic

#14A199 #1BD8CC #48E8DE #7EEFE8 #B5F6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#48E8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#48E8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8DE

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8DE	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91f0e8',
    500: '#48e8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8de;
$custom-light: #91f0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84755,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8DE

secondary

#A43038

accent

#3440F4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8DE

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

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