#48E0AA#48E0AA

#48E0AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.149 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0AA
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 170)
HSL	hsl(159, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 24.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -52.29, 15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 54.40, 163.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.1442 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.149 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5799, 57.5872, 47.2100)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0AA #E0487E

analogous

#48E05E #48E0AA #48CAE0

triadic

#48E0AA #AA48E0 #E0AA48

tetradic

#48E0AA #5E48E0 #E0487E #CAE048

square

#48E0AA #5E48E0 #E0487E #CAE048

split-complementary

#48E0AA #E048CA #E05E48

monochromatic

#199469 #22C98E #48E0AA #7CE9C2 #B1F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48E0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#48E0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0AA

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0AA	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deac3',
    500: '#48e0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0aa;
$custom-light: #8deac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.684,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0AA

secondary

#993357

accent

#3A7AEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0AA

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

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