#48E4AC#48E4AC

#48E4AC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.153 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4AC
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 172)
HSL	hsl(158, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 24.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -53.45, 15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 55.72, 163.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.1473 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.153 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8582, 59.8388, 48.5766)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4AC #E44880

analogous

#48E45E #48E4AC #48CEE4

triadic

#48E4AC #AC48E4 #E4AC48

tetradic

#48E4AC #5E48E4 #E44880 #CEE448

square

#48E4AC #5E48E4 #E44880 #CEE448

split-complementary

#48E4AC #E448CE #E45E48

monochromatic

#179B6B #1FD090 #48E4AC #7DECC4 #B3F4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#48E4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4AC

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4AC	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.153 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eedc4',
    500: '#48e4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4ac;
$custom-light: #8eedc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.462,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8239,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4AC

secondary

#9E3259

accent

#377AF1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4AC

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

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