#48E1A4#48E1A4

#48E1A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.155 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1A4
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 164)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 27.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -54.00, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 57.05, 161.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.148 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.155 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2948, 57.9044, 44.3786)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1A4 #E14885

analogous

#48E157 #48E1A4 #48D2E1

triadic

#48E1A4 #A448E1 #E1A448

tetradic

#48E1A4 #5748E1 #E14885 #D2E148

square

#48E1A4 #5748E1 #E14885 #D2E148

split-complementary

#48E1A4 #E148D2 #E15748

monochromatic

#199664 #21CB87 #48E1A4 #7DEABE #B1F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E1A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#48E1A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1A4

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1A4	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.155 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debbf',
    500: '#48e1a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1a4;
$custom-light: #8debbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.078,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81463,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1A4

secondary

#9A335C

accent

#3982EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1A4

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

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