#48E4AB#48E4AB

#48E4AB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.153 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4AB
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 171)
HSL	hsl(158, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 25%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -53.67, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 56.07, 163.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.1477 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.153 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7625, 59.8005, 48.0727)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4AB #E44881

analogous

#48E45D #48E4AB #48CFE4

triadic

#48E4AB #AB48E4 #E4AB48

tetradic

#48E4AB #5D48E4 #E44881 #CFE448

square

#48E4AB #5D48E4 #E44881 #CFE448

split-complementary

#48E4AB #E448CF #E45D48

monochromatic

#179B6B #1FD08F #48E4AB #7DECC3 #B3F4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#48E4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4AB

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4AB	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.153 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dedc4',
    500: '#48e4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4ab;
$custom-light: #8dedc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.077,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82366,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4AB

secondary

#9E325A

accent

#377BF1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4AB

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

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