#48E1A3#48E1A3

#48E1A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.156 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1A3
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 163)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 27.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -54.21, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 57.42, 160.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1484 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.156 162)
XYZ	xyz(36.2048, 57.8684, 43.9049)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1A3 #E14886

analogous

#48E156 #48E1A3 #48D3E1

triadic

#48E1A3 #A348E1 #E1A348

tetradic

#48E1A3 #5648E1 #E14886 #D3E148

square

#48E1A3 #5648E1 #E14886 #D3E148

split-complementary

#48E1A3 #E148D3 #E15648

monochromatic

#199663 #21CB86 #48E1A3 #7DEABD #B1F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E1A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#48E1A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1A3

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1A3	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.156 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debbe',
    500: '#48e1a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1a3;
$custom-light: #8debbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.686,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8144,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.57872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1A3

secondary

#9A335D

accent

#3983EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1A3

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

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