#48E09E#48E09E

#48E09E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.159 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E09E
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(154, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(154, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 29.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -54.87, 20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 58.74, 159.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1497 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.159 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4961, 57.1537, 41.5022)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E09E #E0488A

analogous

#48E052 #48E09E #48D6E0

triadic

#48E09E #9E48E0 #E09E48

tetradic

#48E09E #5248E0 #E0488A #D6E048

square

#48E09E #5248E0 #E0488A #D6E048

split-complementary

#48E09E #E048D6 #E05248

monochromatic

#19945F #22C980 #48E09E #7CE9BA #B1F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48E09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#48E09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E09E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E09E	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.159 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debbb',
    500: '#48e09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e09e;
$custom-light: #8debbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.947,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81079,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E09E

secondary

#99335F

accent

#3A88EE

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E09E

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

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