#48E1B5#48E1B5

#48E1B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1B5
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 181)
HSL	hsl(163, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 19.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -50.19, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 51.17, 168.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1402 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.142 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9339, 58.5601, 53.0111)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1B5 #E14874

analogous

#48E168 #48E1B5 #48C0E1

triadic

#48E1B5 #B548E1 #E1B548

tetradic

#48E1B5 #6848E1 #E14874 #C0E148

square

#48E1B5 #6848E1 #E14874 #C0E148

split-complementary

#48E1B5 #E148C0 #E16848

monochromatic

#199672 #21CB9A #48E1B5 #7DEACA #B1F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48E1B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#48E1B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1B5

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1B5	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debcb',
    500: '#48e1b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1b5;
$custom-light: #8debcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.745,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81881,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1B5

secondary

#9A3351

accent

#396DEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1B5

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

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