#48E0B3#48E0B3

#48E0B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E0B3
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 179)
HSL	hsl(162, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -50.24, 10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 51.34, 168.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.1401 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.143 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4606, 57.9395, 51.8483)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E0B3 #E04875

analogous

#48E067 #48E0B3 #48C1E0

triadic

#48E0B3 #B348E0 #E0B348

tetradic

#48E0B3 #6748E0 #E04875 #C1E048

square

#48E0B3 #6748E0 #E04875 #C1E048

split-complementary

#48E0B3 #E048C1 #E06748

monochromatic

#199470 #22C997 #48E0B3 #7CE9C9 #B1F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#48E0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E0B3

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E0B3	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deac9',
    500: '#48e0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e0b3;
$custom-light: #8deac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.237,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81584,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E0B3

secondary

#993351

accent

#3A6FEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E0B3

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

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