#48E1C4#48E1C4

#48E1C4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1C4
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 196)
HSL	hsl(169, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 12.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -46.55, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 46.62, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.1334 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.134 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5566, 59.2092, 61.5576)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1C4 #E14865

analogous

#48E177 #48E1C4 #48B2E1

triadic

#48E1C4 #C448E1 #E1C448

tetradic

#48E1C4 #7748E1 #E14865 #B2E148

square

#48E1C4 #7748E1 #E14865 #B2E148

split-complementary

#48E1C4 #E148B2 #E17748

monochromatic

#19967E #21CBAA #48E1C4 #7DEAD5 #B1F2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#48E1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#48E1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1C4

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1C4	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebd5',
    500: '#48e1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1c4;
$custom-light: #8eebd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.627,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82291,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1C4

secondary

#9A3347

accent

#395CEF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1C4

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