#48E1A5#48E1A5

#48E1A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.154 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1A5
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 165)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 26.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -53.79, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 56.69, 161.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.1475 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.154 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3854, 57.9407, 44.8561)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1A5 #E14884

analogous

#48E158 #48E1A5 #48D0E1

triadic

#48E1A5 #A548E1 #E1A548

tetradic

#48E1A5 #5848E1 #E14884 #D0E148

square

#48E1A5 #5848E1 #E14884 #D0E148

split-complementary

#48E1A5 #E148D0 #E15848

monochromatic

#199665 #21CB88 #48E1A5 #7DEABF #B1F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E1A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#48E1A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1A5

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1A5	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)

#DDD1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.154 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debbf',
    500: '#48e1a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1a5;
$custom-light: #8debbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.471,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1A5

secondary

#9A335B

accent

#3980EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1A5

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

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