#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
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 179)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 20.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -50.65, 10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 51.83, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.1411 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.144 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7301, 58.4786, 51.9381)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48E1B3	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1B3

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

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