#48E0AE#48E0AE

#48E0AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0AE
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 22.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -51.39, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 53.02, 165.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.1424 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.146 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9641, 57.7409, 49.2332)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0AE #E0487A

analogous

#48E062 #48E0AE #48C6E0

triadic

#48E0AE #AE48E0 #E0AE48

tetradic

#48E0AE #6248E0 #E0487A #C6E048

square

#48E0AE #6248E0 #E0487A #C6E048

split-complementary

#48E0AE #E048C6 #E06248

monochromatic

#19946C #22C992 #48E0AE #7CE9C5 #B1F2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#48E0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0AE

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0AE	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deac6',
    500: '#48e0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0ae;
$custom-light: #8deac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.263,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81457,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0AE

secondary

#993355

accent

#3A75EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0AE

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

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