#48ECC6#48ECC6

#48ECC6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ECC6
RGB	rgb(72, 236, 198)
HSL	hsl(166, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 16.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -50.69, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 51.08, 172.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.1433 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.144 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8558, 65.4409, 63.7879)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ECC6 #EC486E

analogous

#48EC74 #48ECC6 #48C0EC

triadic

#48ECC6 #C648EC #ECC648

tetradic

#48ECC6 #7448EC #EC486E #C0EC48

square

#48ECC6 #7448EC #EC486E #C0EC48

split-complementary

#48ECC6 #EC48C0 #EC7448

monochromatic

#11A885 #17E0B1 #48ECC6 #7FF2D7 #B7F8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#48ECC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#48ECC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ECC6

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ECC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ECC6	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ecc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 236, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f3d7',
    500: '#48ecc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ecc6;
$custom-light: #90f3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ecc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.098,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85005,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ECC6

secondary

#AA2F4B

accent

#0839DE

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ECC6

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

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