#48E3B2#48E3B2

#48E3B2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.147 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E3B2
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 178)
HSL	hsl(161, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 21.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -51.70, 12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 53.15, 166.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.1435 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.147 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1732, 59.5259, 51.5887)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E3B2 #E34879

analogous

#48E364 #48E3B2 #48C7E3

triadic

#48E3B2 #B248E3 #E3B248

tetradic

#48E3B2 #6448E3 #E34879 #C7E348

square

#48E3B2 #6448E3 #E34879 #C7E348

split-complementary

#48E3B2 #E348C7 #E36448

monochromatic

#179970 #20CE97 #48E3B2 #7DEBC8 #B2F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#48E3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#48E3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E3B2

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E3B2	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.147 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eedc9',
    500: '#48e3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e3b2;
$custom-light: #8eedc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.032,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82293,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E3B2

secondary

#9D3254

accent

#3872F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E3B2

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

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