#48E2AA#48E2AA

#48E2AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.152 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E2AA
RGB	rgb(72, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(158, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 24.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -53.09, 15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 55.41, 163.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1462 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.152 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1206, 58.6685, 47.3902)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E2AA #E24880

analogous

#48E25D #48E2AA #48CDE2

triadic

#48E2AA #AA48E2 #E2AA48

tetradic

#48E2AA #5D48E2 #E24880 #CDE248

square

#48E2AA #5D48E2 #E24880 #CDE248

split-complementary

#48E2AA #E248CD #E25D48

monochromatic

#189869 #20CC8E #48E2AA #7DEAC3 #B2F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48E2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#48E2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E2AA

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E2AA	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)

#DED2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.152 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8decc3',
    500: '#48e2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e2aa;
$custom-light: #8decc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81851,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E2AA

secondary

#9C3359

accent

#387BEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E2AA

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

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