#48E9CC#48E9CC

#48E9CC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E9CC
RGB	rgb(72, 233, 204)
HSL	hsl(169, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -47.95, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 48.00, 177.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.1377 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.138 178)
XYZ	xyz(42.7051, 64.0102, 67.2196)
Luminance	0.6401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E9CC #E94865

analogous

#48E97C #48E9CC #48B5E9

triadic

#48E9CC #CC48E9 #E9CC48

tetradic

#48E9CC #7C48E9 #E94865 #B5E948

square

#48E9CC #7C48E9 #E94865 #B5E948

split-complementary

#48E9CC #E948B5 #E97C48

monochromatic

#14A389 #1ADAB7 #48E9CC #7FF0DB #B5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#48E9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#48E9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E9CC

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E9CC	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f1db',
    500: '#48e9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e9cc;
$custom-light: #90f1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.193,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8445,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.64015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E9CC

secondary

#A53045

accent

#3356F5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1715

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E9CC

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

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