#48E09A#48E09A

#48E09A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.162 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E09A
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 154)
HSL	hsl(152, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 31.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -55.69, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 60.23, 157.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1516 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.162 159)
XYZ	xyz(35.1574, 57.0182, 39.7183)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E09A #E0488E

analogous

#48E04E #48E09A #48DAE0

triadic

#48E09A #9A48E0 #E09A48

tetradic

#48E09A #4E48E0 #E0488E #DAE048

square

#48E09A #4E48E0 #E0488E #DAE048

split-complementary

#48E09A #E048DA #E04E48

monochromatic

#19945C #22C97C #48E09A #7CE9B7 #B1F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48E09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#48E09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E09A

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E09A	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.162 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debb8',
    500: '#48e09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e09a;
$custom-light: #8debb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80992,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.57022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E09A

secondary

#993362

accent

#3A8DEE

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E09A

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

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