#48E1B6#48E1B6

#48E1B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E1B6
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 182)
HSL	hsl(163, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 19.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -49.95, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 50.85, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1397 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.142 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0368, 58.6012, 53.5534)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E1B6 #E14873

analogous

#48E169 #48E1B6 #48C0E1

triadic

#48E1B6 #B648E1 #E1B648

tetradic

#48E1B6 #6948E1 #E14873 #C0E148

square

#48E1B6 #6948E1 #E14873 #C0E148

split-complementary

#48E1B6 #E148C0 #E16948

monochromatic

#199673 #21CB9B #48E1B6 #7DEACB #B1F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48E1B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#48E1B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E1B6

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E1B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E1B6	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e1b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debcb',
    500: '#48e1b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e1b6;
$custom-light: #8debcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e1b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.137,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E1B6

secondary

#9A3350

accent

#396CEF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E1B6

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

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