#48E0A5#48E0A5

#48E0A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.153 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0A5
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 165)
HSL	hsl(157, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 26.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -53.39, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 56.18, 161.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.1465 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.153 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1159, 57.4016, 44.7663)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0A5 #E04883

analogous

#48E059 #48E0A5 #48CFE0

triadic

#48E0A5 #A548E0 #E0A548

tetradic

#48E0A5 #5948E0 #E04883 #CFE048

square

#48E0A5 #5948E0 #E04883 #CFE048

split-complementary

#48E0A5 #E048CF #E05948

monochromatic

#199465 #22C988 #48E0A5 #7CE9BF #B1F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48E0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#48E0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0A5

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0A5	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.153 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debbf',
    500: '#48e0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0a5;
$custom-light: #8debbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.711,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81239,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0A5

secondary

#99335B

accent

#3A80EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0A5

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

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