#48E9CE#48E9CE

#48E9CE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E9CE
RGB	rgb(72, 233, 206)
HSL	hsl(170, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -47.45, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 47.46, 178.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.1368 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.137 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9465, 64.1068, 68.4910)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E9CE #E94863

analogous

#48E97E #48E9CE #48B3E9

triadic

#48E9CE #CE48E9 #E9CE48

tetradic

#48E9CE #7E48E9 #E94863 #B3E948

square

#48E9CE #7E48E9 #E94863 #B3E948

split-complementary

#48E9CE #E948B3 #E97E48

monochromatic

#14A38B #1ADABA #48E9CE #7FF0DD #B5F6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#48E9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#48E9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E9CE

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E9CE	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFDBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CBD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 233, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f1dc',
    500: '#48e9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e9ce;
$custom-light: #90f1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.938,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84507,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E9CE

secondary

#A53044

accent

#3353F5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1715

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E9CE

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

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