#48E1B3#48E1B3

#48E1B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48E1B3
RGBrgb(72, 225, 179)
HSLhsl(162, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(162, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 20.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.00, -50.65, 10.98)
CIE-LCHlch(81.00, 51.83, 167.77°)
OKLaboklab(81.83% -0.1411 0.0281)
OKLCHoklch(81.83% 0.144 168.7)
XYZxyz(37.7301, 58.4786, 51.9381)
Luminance0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48E1B3 #E14876
analogous
#48E166 #48E1B3 #48C2E1
triadic
#48E1B3 #B348E1 #E1B348
tetradic
#48E1B3 #6648E1 #E14876 #C2E148
square
#48E1B3 #6648E1 #E14876 #C2E148
split-complementary
#48E1B3 #E148C2 #E16648
monochromatic
#199670 #21CB98 #48E1B3 #7DEAC9 #B1F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65
#48E1B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70
#48E1B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1B3
12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48E1B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48E1B31.001.6512.7012.70
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7021.001.001.00
##00000012.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBD2B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7C3B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E2D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48e1b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 168.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debc9',
    500: '#48e1b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48e1b3;
$custom-light: #8debc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48e1b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.961,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81829,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48E1B3
secondary
#9A3352
accent
#3970EF
background
#FCFFFD
surface
#F5FEF9
border
#CFD6D2
text
#0E1613
muted
#7F8582

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#48E1B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva