#48E2A5#48E2A5

#48E2A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48E2A5
RGBrgb(72, 226, 165)
HSLhsl(156, 73%, 58%)
HSVhsv(156, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 27%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(81.01, -54.18, 18.34)
CIE-LCHlch(81.01, 57.20, 161.30°)
OKLaboklab(81.73% -0.1485 0.0467)
OKLCHoklch(81.73% 0.156 162.5)
XYZxyz(36.6566, 58.4829, 44.9465)
Luminance0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48E2A5 #E24885
analogous
#48E258 #48E2A5 #48D2E2
triadic
#48E2A5 #A548E2 #E2A548
tetradic
#48E2A5 #5848E2 #E24885 #D2E248
square
#48E2A5 #5848E2 #E24885 #D2E248
split-complementary
#48E2A5 #E248D2 #E25848
monochromatic
#189865 #20CC88 #48E2A5 #7DEABF #B2F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65
#48E2A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70
#48E2A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2A5
12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48E2A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48E2A51.001.6512.7012.70
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7021.001.001.00
##00000012.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DED2A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAC3A9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E2D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48e2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 162.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8decbf',
    500: '#48e2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48e2a5;
$custom-light: #8decbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48e2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.234,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81733,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48E2A5
secondary
#9C335C
accent
#3881EF
background
#FCFFFD
surface
#F5FEF8
border
#CFD6D1
text
#0E1612
muted
#7F8582

Preview Lab

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#48E2A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva