#48E4D4#48E4D4

#48E4D4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.130 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E4D4
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 212)
HSL	hsl(174, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -43.74, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 43.92, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.1293 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.13 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2940, 61.6131, 71.9381)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E4D4 #E44858

analogous

#48E486 #48E4D4 #48A6E4

triadic

#48E4D4 #D448E4 #E4D448

tetradic

#48E4D4 #8648E4 #E44858 #A6E448

square

#48E4D4 #8648E4 #E44858 #A6E448

split-complementary

#48E4D4 #E448A6 #E48648

monochromatic

#179B8D #1FD0BE #48E4D4 #7DECE1 #B3F4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#48E4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#48E4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E4D4

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E4D4	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.130 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fede1',
    500: '#48e4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e4d4;
$custom-light: #8fede1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83489,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E4D4

secondary

#9E323D

accent

#374AF1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E4D4

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

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