#48ECC4#48ECC4

#48ECC4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ECC4
RGB	rgb(72, 236, 196)
HSL	hsl(165, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 16.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -51.17, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 51.68, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.1442 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.145 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6267, 65.3492, 62.5810)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ECC4 #EC4870

analogous

#48EC72 #48ECC4 #48C2EC

triadic

#48ECC4 #C448EC #ECC448

tetradic

#48ECC4 #7248EC #EC4870 #C2EC48

square

#48ECC4 #7248EC #EC4870 #C2EC48

split-complementary

#48ECC4 #EC48C2 #EC7248

monochromatic

#11A883 #17E0AF #48ECC4 #7FF2D6 #B7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#48ECC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#48ECC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ECC4

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ECC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ECC4	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ecc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 236, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90f3d5',
    500: '#48ecc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ecc4;
$custom-light: #90f3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ecc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.366,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84951,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ECC4

secondary

#AA2F4D

accent

#083CDE

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ECC4

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

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