#48E1A8#48E1A8

#48E1A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.152 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1A8
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 168)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 25.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -53.13, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 55.62, 162.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.1461 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.152 164)
XYZ	xyz(36.6617, 58.0512, 46.3111)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1A8 #E14881

analogous

#48E15B #48E1A8 #48CDE1

triadic

#48E1A8 #A848E1 #E1A848

tetradic

#48E1A8 #5B48E1 #E14881 #CDE148

square

#48E1A8 #5B48E1 #E14881 #CDE148

split-complementary

#48E1A8 #E148CD #E15B48

monochromatic

#199667 #21CB8B #48E1A8 #7DEAC1 #B1F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#48E1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1A8

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1A8	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.152 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc2',
    500: '#48e1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1a8;
$custom-light: #8debc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.647,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81557,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1A8

secondary

#9A3359

accent

#397DEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1A8

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

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