#48ECC5#48ECC5

#48ECC5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ECC5
RGB	rgb(72, 236, 197)
HSL	hsl(166, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -50.93, 6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 51.38, 172.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.1438 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.145 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7409, 65.3949, 63.1824)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ECC5 #EC486F

analogous

#48EC73 #48ECC5 #48C1EC

triadic

#48ECC5 #C548EC #ECC548

tetradic

#48ECC5 #7348EC #EC486F #C1EC48

square

#48ECC5 #7348EC #EC486F #C1EC48

split-complementary

#48ECC5 #EC48C1 #EC7348

monochromatic

#11A884 #17E0B0 #48ECC5 #7FF2D7 #B7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#48ECC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#48ECC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ECC5

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ECC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ECC5	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ecc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 236, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f3d6',
    500: '#48ecc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ecc5;
$custom-light: #90f3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ecc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.732,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84978,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ECC5

secondary

#AA2F4C

accent

#083BDE

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ECC5

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

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