#48EDC5#48EDC5

#48EDC5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48EDC5
RGB	rgb(72, 237, 197)
HSL	hsl(165, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 16.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -51.34, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 51.85, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.1447 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.146 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0296, 65.9723, 63.2787)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48EDC5 #ED4870

analogous

#48ED73 #48EDC5 #48C2ED

triadic

#48EDC5 #C548ED #EDC548

tetradic

#48EDC5 #7348ED #ED4870 #C2ED48

square

#48EDC5 #7348ED #ED4870 #C2ED48

split-complementary

#48EDC5 #ED48C2 #ED7348

monochromatic

#11AA85 #16E2B0 #48EDC5 #80F2D7 #B7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#48EDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#48EDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48EDC5

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48EDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48EDC5	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48edc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 237, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f4d6',
    500: '#48edc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48edc5;
$custom-light: #90f4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48edc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8522,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48EDC5

secondary

#AB2E4C

accent

#073BDE

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48EDC5

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

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