#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
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 165)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 27%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -54.18, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 57.20, 161.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1485 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.156 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6566, 58.4829, 44.9465)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48E2A5	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)

#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

Preview with #48E2A5

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

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