#48E1A9#48E1A9

#48E1A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.151 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1A9
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 24.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -52.91, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 55.26, 163.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.1457 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.151 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7552, 58.0886, 46.8036)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1A9 #E14880

analogous

#48E15C #48E1A9 #48CDE1

triadic

#48E1A9 #A948E1 #E1A948

tetradic

#48E1A9 #5C48E1 #E14880 #CDE148

square

#48E1A9 #5C48E1 #E14880 #CDE148

split-complementary

#48E1A9 #E148CD #E15C48

monochromatic

#199668 #21CB8D #48E1A9 #7DEAC2 #B1F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E1A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#48E1A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1A9

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1A9	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.151 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc2',
    500: '#48e1a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1a9;
$custom-light: #8debc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.039,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81581,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1A9

secondary

#9A3359

accent

#397CEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1A9

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

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