#48E1AA#48E1AA

#48E1AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.150 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1AA
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 170)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 24.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -52.69, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 54.91, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.1452 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.15 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8495, 58.1263, 47.2999)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1AA #E1487F

analogous

#48E15D #48E1AA #48CCE1

triadic

#48E1AA #AA48E1 #E1AA48

tetradic

#48E1AA #5D48E1 #E1487F #CCE148

square

#48E1AA #5D48E1 #E1487F #CCE148

split-complementary

#48E1AA #E148CC #E15D48

monochromatic

#199669 #21CB8E #48E1AA #7DEAC2 #B1F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#48E1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1AA

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1AA	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.150 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc3',
    500: '#48e1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1aa;
$custom-light: #8debc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.431,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1AA

secondary

#9A3358

accent

#397AEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1AA

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

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