#48E1AE#48E1AE

#48E1AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.147 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1AE
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 22.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -51.80, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 53.52, 165.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1434 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.147 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2336, 58.2800, 49.3231)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1AE #E1487B

analogous

#48E161 #48E1AE #48C7E1

triadic

#48E1AE #AE48E1 #E1AE48

tetradic

#48E1AE #6148E1 #E1487B #C7E148

square

#48E1AE #6148E1 #E1487B #C7E148

split-complementary

#48E1AE #E148C7 #E16148

monochromatic

#19966C #21CB92 #48E1AE #7DEAC5 #B1F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#48E1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1AE

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1AE	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.147 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc6',
    500: '#48e1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1ae;
$custom-light: #8debc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81703,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1AE

secondary

#9A3355

accent

#3976EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1AE

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

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