#48E4BC#48E4BC

#48E4BC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4BC
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -49.77, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 50.38, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.14 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.141 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4884, 60.4909, 57.1620)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4BC #E44870

analogous

#48E46E #48E4BC #48BEE4

triadic

#48E4BC #BC48E4 #E4BC48

tetradic

#48E4BC #6E48E4 #E44870 #BEE448

square

#48E4BC #6E48E4 #E44870 #BEE448

split-complementary

#48E4BC #E448BE #E46E48

monochromatic

#179B79 #1FD0A3 #48E4BC #7DECD0 #B3F4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#48E4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#48E4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4BC

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4BC	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eedd0',
    500: '#48e4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4bc;
$custom-light: #8eedd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82797,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4BC

secondary

#9E324E

accent

#3767F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4BC

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

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