#48E9CB#48E9CB

#48E9CB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E9CB
RGB	rgb(72, 233, 203)
HSL	hsl(169, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -48.20, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 48.27, 176.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.1381 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.138 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5856, 63.9624, 66.5899)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E9CB #E94866

analogous

#48E97B #48E9CB #48B6E9

triadic

#48E9CB #CB48E9 #E9CB48

tetradic

#48E9CB #7B48E9 #E94866 #B6E948

square

#48E9CB #7B48E9 #E94866 #B6E948

split-complementary

#48E9CB #E948B6 #E97B48

monochromatic

#14A388 #1ADAB6 #48E9CB #7FF0DB #B5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#48E9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#48E9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E9CB

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E9CB	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f1da',
    500: '#48e9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e9cb;
$custom-light: #90f1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.82,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84421,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E9CB

secondary

#A53046

accent

#3357F5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E9CB

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

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