#48E2A2#48E2A2

#48E2A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.158 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2A2
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 162)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(155, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 28.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -54.82, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 58.29, 160.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1499 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.158 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3867, 58.3750, 43.5253)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2A2 #E24888

analogous

#48E255 #48E2A2 #48D5E2

triadic

#48E2A2 #A248E2 #E2A248

tetradic

#48E2A2 #5548E2 #E24888 #D5E248

square

#48E2A2 #5548E2 #E24888 #D5E248

split-complementary

#48E2A2 #E248D5 #E25548

monochromatic

#189863 #20CC85 #48E2A2 #7DEABD #B2F3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#48E2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2A2

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2A2	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.158 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8decbd',
    500: '#48e2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2a2;
$custom-light: #8decbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.065,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81664,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2A2

secondary

#9C335E

accent

#3884EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2A2

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

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