#48E9CD#48E9CD
#48E9CD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #48E9CD |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 233, 205) |
| HSL | hsl(170, 79%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(170, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 12%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.00, -47.70, 1.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.00, 47.73, 178.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.48% -0.1372 0.0034) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.48% 0.137 178.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.8254, 64.0584, 67.8533) |
| Luminance | 0.6406 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 1.96
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 4.01
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.04
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.58
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 5.37
Light Turquoise
#7EF4CC
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#48E9CD #E94864
analogous
#48E97C #48E9CD #48B5E9
triadic
#48E9CD #CD48E9 #E9CD48
tetradic
#48E9CD #7C48E9 #E94864 #B5E948
square
#48E9CD #7C48E9 #E94864 #B5E948
split-complementary
#48E9CD #E948B5 #E97C48
monochromatic
#14A38A #1ADAB8 #48E9CD #7FF0DC #B5F6EB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#48E9CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.81
#48E9CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #48E9CD
13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##48E9CD | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##48E9CD | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.81 | 13.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0DBCC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9CBCF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EDE1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #48e9cd; /* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 205); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 178.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#90f1dc',
500: '#48e9cd',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #48e9cd; $custom-light: #90f1dc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#48e9cd",
"rgb": {
"r": 72,
"g": 233,
"b": 205
},
"hsl": {
"h": 169.565,
"s": 78.537,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84479,
"c": 0.13729,
"h": 178.6
},
"luminance": 0.64063
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#48E9CD
secondary
#A53044
accent
#3355F5
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFB
border
#CFD6D4
text
#0E1715
muted
#7F8584