#48E1B0#48E1B0

#48E1B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1B0
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 176)
HSL	hsl(161, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 21.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -51.34, 12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 52.84, 166.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1425 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.146 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4300, 58.3585, 50.3576)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1B0 #E14879

analogous

#48E163 #48E1B0 #48C6E1

triadic

#48E1B0 #B048E1 #E1B048

tetradic

#48E1B0 #6348E1 #E14879 #C6E148

square

#48E1B0 #6348E1 #E14879 #C6E148

split-complementary

#48E1B0 #E148C6 #E16348

monochromatic

#19966E #21CB94 #48E1B0 #7DEAC7 #B1F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E1B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#48E1B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1B0

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1B0	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc7',
    500: '#48e1b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1b0;
$custom-light: #8debc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.784,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1B0

secondary

#9A3354

accent

#3973EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1B0

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

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