#48E2A9#48E2A9

#48E2A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2A9
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 25.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -53.31, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 55.77, 162.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.1467 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.153 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0263, 58.6308, 46.8939)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2A9 #E24881

analogous

#48E25C #48E2A9 #48CEE2

triadic

#48E2A9 #A948E2 #E2A948

tetradic

#48E2A9 #5C48E2 #E24881 #CEE248

square

#48E2A9 #5C48E2 #E24881 #CEE248

split-complementary

#48E2A9 #E248CE #E25C48

monochromatic

#189868 #20CC8D #48E2A9 #7DEAC2 #B2F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48E2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#48E2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2A9

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2A9	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8decc2',
    500: '#48e2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2a9;
$custom-light: #8decc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.792,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81827,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2A9

secondary

#9C3359

accent

#387CEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2A9

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

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