#48E4AD#48E4AD

#48E4AD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4AD
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 173)
HSL	hsl(159, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -53.23, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 55.37, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.1468 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.152 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9546, 59.8774, 49.0843)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4AD #E4487F

analogous

#48E45F #48E4AD #48CDE4

triadic

#48E4AD #AD48E4 #E4AD48

tetradic

#48E4AD #5F48E4 #E4487F #CDE448

square

#48E4AD #5F48E4 #E4487F #CDE448

split-complementary

#48E4AD #E448CD #E45F48

monochromatic

#179B6C #1FD092 #48E4AD #7DECC5 #B3F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#48E4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4AD

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4AD	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eedc5',
    500: '#48e4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4ad;
$custom-light: #8eedc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82415,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4AD

secondary

#9E3258

accent

#3778F1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4AD

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

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